SACCHARASE is a valid Scrabble word — 17 points
Yes. SACCHARASE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 17 points in Scrabble and 18 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SACCHARASE?
| 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 SACCHARASE is to know. It scores 17 from 10 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SACCHARASE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
saccharasesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SACCHARASE scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in SACCHARASE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 2 | 4 |
| a | 3 | 9 |
| c | 2 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so SACCHARASE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does SACCHARASE mean in Scrabble?
noun
chemistry
An enzyme that breaks cane sugar down into glucose and fructose.
Saccharase is the older name for invertase, the enzyme bees and yeast use to split sucrose into simpler sugars. The splitting is why honey stays liquid and sweet.
How SACCHARASE is used
A biochemical term found in older texts and in discussions of sugar digestion.
- Saccharase splits sucrose into glucose and fructose.
- Yeast produces saccharase to digest table sugar.
- The lab measured the activity of saccharase in the sample.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SACCHARASE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with SACCHARASE
1 longer words begin with SACCHARASE.
Shorter words from the letters in SACCHARASE
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Common questions about SACCHARASE
- Is SACCHARASE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SACCHARASE, where it scores 18 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SACCHARASE worth?
- SACCHARASE is worth 17 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SACCHARASE mean?
- An enzyme that breaks cane sugar down into glucose and fructose.
- What letters can be added to SACCHARASE?
- SACCHARASE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of SACCHARASE:
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