SERINE is a valid Scrabble word — 6 points
Yes. SERINE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 6 points in Scrabble and 7 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SERINE?
| 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: 35 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SERINE is to know. It scores 6 from 6 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 8.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SERINE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SERINE scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in SERINE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 13,936.
What stands out about SERINE
- The same 6 tiles also spell 4 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does SERINE mean in Scrabble?
noun
chemistrytechnical
An amino acid found in most proteins, first isolated from the protein silk and important in building cell membranes and other proteins.
Serine takes its name from sericin, a silk protein from which chemists first isolated it in the nineteenth century, and that origin still echoes in the shared root of the two words. The human body can make serine itself from other compounds, so it is classed as a non-essential amino acid rather than one that must come from food. Serine also plays a direct role in cell signalling and forms part of the active site in many digestive enzymes. Biochemistry textbooks list serine among the twenty standard amino acids that make up nearly all proteins.
How SERINE is used
Technical; used in biochemistry and nutrition writing rather than in everyday conversation.
- Serine was first isolated from a protein in silk.
- The enzyme's active site contains a key serine residue.
- Serine is one of the twenty standard amino acids in proteins.
- The body synthesises its own serine from other compounds.
- A diagram of the protein highlighted every serine along the chain.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SERINE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of SERINE
The 6 tiles of SERINE in a different order — 4 found.
Words starting with SERINE
3 longer words begin with SERINE.
Shorter words from the letters in SERINE
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Common questions about SERINE
- Is SERINE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SERINE, where it scores 7 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SERINE worth?
- SERINE is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SERINE mean?
- An amino acid found in most proteins, first isolated from the protein silk and important in building cell membranes and other proteins.
- What letters can be added to SERINE?
- SERINE takes 2 hooks: 1 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of SERINE:
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