PYRANOSIDE is a valid Scrabble word — 16 points
Yes. PYRANOSIDE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 16 points in Scrabble and 17 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PYRANOSIDE?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 33 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PYRANOSIDE is to know. It scores 16 from 10 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PYRANOSIDE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
pyranosidesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How PYRANOSIDE scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in PYRANOSIDE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so PYRANOSIDE has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about PYRANOSIDE
- All 10 letters of PYRANOSIDE are different — nothing repeats.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does PYRANOSIDE mean in Scrabble?
noun
technicalchemistry
A glycoside in which the sugar part forms a six-membered ring containing one oxygen atom.
Chemists name a compound a pyranoside when its sugar adopts the pyranose shape rather than the five-membered furanose one. Many natural products and drug molecules contain this arrangement.
How PYRANOSIDE is used
Strictly a chemistry term; found in carbohydrate and biochemistry papers.
- The methyl pyranoside crystallised from the solution.
- Each pyranoside in the series was tested for stability.
- A pyranoside ring has five carbons and one oxygen.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PYRANOSIDE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with PYRANOSIDE
1 longer words begin with PYRANOSIDE.
Shorter words from the letters in PYRANOSIDE
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Common questions about PYRANOSIDE
- Is PYRANOSIDE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PYRANOSIDE, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PYRANOSIDE worth?
- PYRANOSIDE is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PYRANOSIDE mean?
- A glycoside in which the sugar part forms a six-membered ring containing one oxygen atom.
- What letters can be added to PYRANOSIDE?
- PYRANOSIDE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of PYRANOSIDE:
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