TRYPTOPHAN is a valid Scrabble word — 20 points
Yes. TRYPTOPHAN is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 20 points in Scrabble and 21 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept TRYPTOPHAN?
| 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: 36 / 100
Our own measure of how useful TRYPTOPHAN is to know. It scores 20 from 10 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 4.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for TRYPTOPHAN
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How TRYPTOPHAN scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in TRYPTOPHAN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 2 | 6 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| p | 2 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so TRYPTOPHAN has to be built on the board across turns.
What does TRYPTOPHAN mean in Scrabble?
noun
chemistry
An essential amino acid found in proteins, which the body uses to make niacin and serotonin.
Humans cannot make tryptophan, so it has to come from food such as turkey, eggs, cheese and nuts. It is a building block for the brain chemical serotonin, which is why it features in talk about sleep and mood.
How TRYPTOPHAN is used
Used in nutrition and biochemistry; the variant spelling tryptophane is rarer.
- Turkey contains tryptophan, though not enough to make you sleepy on its own.
- The body needs tryptophan from food because it cannot build it.
- Some supplements contain pure tryptophan.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of TRYPTOPHAN and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with TRYPTOPHAN
3 longer words begin with TRYPTOPHAN.
Shorter words from the letters in TRYPTOPHAN
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Common questions about TRYPTOPHAN
- Is TRYPTOPHAN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts TRYPTOPHAN, where it scores 21 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is TRYPTOPHAN worth?
- TRYPTOPHAN is worth 20 points in Scrabble and 21 points in Words with Friends.
- What does TRYPTOPHAN mean?
- An essential amino acid found in proteins, which the body uses to make niacin and serotonin.
- What letters can be added to TRYPTOPHAN?
- TRYPTOPHAN takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of TRYPTOPHAN:
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