URACIL is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. URACIL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept URACIL?
| 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: 29 / 100
Our own measure of how useful URACIL is to know. It scores 8 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for URACIL
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
uracilsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How URACIL scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in URACIL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| u | 1 | 4 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 76,649.
What stands out about URACIL
- The same 6 tiles also spell 2 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 URACIL mean in Scrabble?
noun
chemistry
A nitrogen-containing base found in RNA, where it pairs with adenine and takes the place that thymine holds in DNA.
Uracil is one of the four letters of the genetic code written in RNA, alongside adenine, guanine and cytosine. Its name comes from the chemical connection with urea, since it was first isolated from material of animal origin. Cells that read a gene copy that gene into a strand of RNA in which every thymine of the original is replaced by uracil, which is shortened to the letter U.
How URACIL is used
Technical term used in biology, biochemistry and medicine.
- In RNA the base uracil pairs with adenine.
- Textbooks write uracil as the letter U in a genetic sequence.
- A cell can build uracil from simpler molecules.
- The student had to explain why DNA contains thymine instead of uracil.
- Drugs that mimic uracil can interfere with how fast some cells divide.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of URACIL and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of URACIL
The 6 tiles of URACIL in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with URACIL
1 longer words begin with URACIL.
Shorter words from the letters in URACIL
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Common questions about URACIL
- Is URACIL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts URACIL, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is URACIL worth?
- URACIL is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does URACIL mean?
- A nitrogen-containing base found in RNA, where it pairs with adenine and takes the place that thymine holds in DNA.
- What letters can be added to URACIL?
- URACIL takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of URACIL:
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