MUREIN is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. MUREIN is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept MUREIN?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful MUREIN is to know. It scores 8 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for MUREIN
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
mureinsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How MUREIN scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in MUREIN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| m | 1 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 38,325.
What does MUREIN mean in Scrabble?
noun
technicalchemistry
The tough, mesh-like polymer of sugars and amino acids that forms the rigid cell wall of most bacteria.
Murein, more often called peptidoglycan in modern textbooks, gives a bacterial cell wall its strength and shape by forming a single giant molecule wrapped around the entire cell. Chains of alternating sugar units are cross-linked by short peptide bridges, creating a mesh strong enough to resist the pressure of the contents of the cell. Because murein is unique to bacteria and absent from human cells, many antibiotics, including penicillin, work by blocking its construction. The amount and structure of murein in the wall also help separate bacteria into the Gram-positive and Gram-negative groups.
How MUREIN is used
A technical term from microbiology and biochemistry, largely confined to scientific writing about bacterial cell walls.
- Penicillin blocks an enzyme the bacterium needs to build murein.
- A thick layer of murein makes Gram-positive cell walls appear purple under the stain.
- Researchers examined how murein cross-links change as the cell grows.
- Without intact murein, the bacterial cell wall collapses under pressure.
- The textbook diagram showed murein as a mesh surrounding the cell.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of MUREIN and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of MUREIN
The 6 tiles of MUREIN in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with MUREIN
1 longer words begin with MUREIN.
Shorter words from the letters in MUREIN
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Common questions about MUREIN
- Is MUREIN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts MUREIN, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is MUREIN worth?
- MUREIN is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does MUREIN mean?
- The tough, mesh-like polymer of sugars and amino acids that forms the rigid cell wall of most bacteria.
- What letters can be added to MUREIN?
- MUREIN takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of MUREIN:
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