PYRIMIDINE is a valid Scrabble word — 18 points
Yes. PYRIMIDINE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 18 points in Scrabble and 20 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PYRIMIDINE?
| 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: 34 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PYRIMIDINE is to know. It scores 18 from 10 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PYRIMIDINE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
pyrimidinesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How PYRIMIDINE scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in PYRIMIDINE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| i | 3 | 9 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so PYRIMIDINE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does PYRIMIDINE mean in Scrabble?
noun
chemistry
A ring-shaped organic compound, or any of its derivatives, including the DNA bases cytosine and thymine.
A pyrimidine has a single six-membered ring of carbon and nitrogen atoms. Biology students learn pyrimidine alongside purine as the two families of nucleic-acid bases.
How PYRIMIDINE is used
Used in chemistry and genetics.
- Thymine is a pyrimidine found in DNA.
- The drug mimics a pyrimidine and blocks replication.
- Each pyrimidine pairs with a purine in the double helix.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PYRIMIDINE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with PYRIMIDINE
1 longer words begin with PYRIMIDINE.
Shorter words from the letters in PYRIMIDINE
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Common questions about PYRIMIDINE
- Is PYRIMIDINE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PYRIMIDINE, where it scores 20 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PYRIMIDINE worth?
- PYRIMIDINE is worth 18 points in Scrabble and 20 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PYRIMIDINE mean?
- A ring-shaped organic compound, or any of its derivatives, including the DNA bases cytosine and thymine.
- What letters can be added to PYRIMIDINE?
- PYRIMIDINE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of PYRIMIDINE:
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