PROTAMIN is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. PROTAMIN is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PROTAMIN?
| 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 PROTAMIN is to know. It scores 12 from 8 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PROTAMIN
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How PROTAMIN scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in PROTAMIN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so PROTAMIN has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about PROTAMIN
- All 8 letters of PROTAMIN are different — nothing repeats.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does PROTAMIN mean in Scrabble?
noun
chemistry
A simple, strongly basic protein found in the sperm of fish, bound to nucleic acids.
Protamin was first isolated from salmon, and it packs DNA tightly inside sperm cells. It is soluble in water and rich in the amino acid arginine. The spelling protamine is the usual one in medicine, where the substance is used against excess heparin.
How PROTAMIN is used
Protamin is a biochemistry term.
- The researchers extracted protamin from salmon sperm.
- Protamin binds tightly to DNA.
- A chapter on protamin describes its basic properties.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PROTAMIN and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with PROTAMIN
3 longer words begin with PROTAMIN.
Shorter words from the letters in PROTAMIN
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Common questions about PROTAMIN
- Is PROTAMIN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PROTAMIN, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PROTAMIN worth?
- PROTAMIN is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PROTAMIN mean?
- A simple, strongly basic protein found in the sperm of fish, bound to nucleic acids.
- What letters can be added to PROTAMIN?
- PROTAMIN takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of PROTAMIN:
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