PROLAMIN is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. PROLAMIN is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PROLAMIN?
| 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: 44 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PROLAMIN is to know. It scores 12 from 8 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 5.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PROLAMIN
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How PROLAMIN scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in PROLAMIN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so PROLAMIN has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about PROLAMIN
- All 8 letters of PROLAMIN are different — nothing repeats.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does PROLAMIN mean in Scrabble?
noun
chemistry
Any of a group of simple storage proteins found in cereal grains such as wheat, rye and barley.
Prolamins dissolve in alcohol but not in water, which is how chemists separate them from other grain proteins. Gliadin from wheat is a familiar example, and it matters to people who must avoid gluten. The word is mostly seen in biochemistry and food science.
How PROLAMIN is used
Prolamin is a biochemical term for a family of cereal proteins.
- Each cereal grain stores its own kind of prolamin.
- The prolamin in wheat is called gliadin.
- The lab extracted the prolamin with a solution of alcohol.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PROLAMIN and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with PROLAMIN
3 longer words begin with PROLAMIN.
Shorter words from the letters in PROLAMIN
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Common questions about PROLAMIN
- Is PROLAMIN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PROLAMIN, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PROLAMIN worth?
- PROLAMIN is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PROLAMIN mean?
- Any of a group of simple storage proteins found in cereal grains such as wheat, rye and barley.
- What letters can be added to PROLAMIN?
- PROLAMIN takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of PROLAMIN:
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