URASE is a valid Scrabble word — 5 points
Yes. URASE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 5 points in Scrabble and 6 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept URASE?
| 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 URASE is to know. It scores 5 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 7.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for URASE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
urasesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How URASE scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in URASE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| u | 1 | 4 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 7,262.
What stands out about URASE
- The same 5 tiles also spell 3 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 URASE mean in Scrabble?
noun
chemistryarchaic
An older chemical name for urease, an enzyme that breaks urea down into ammonia and carbon dioxide.
Chemists in the nineteenth century used urase before the modern spelling urease became standard in biochemistry textbooks. The enzyme itself was first isolated from jack bean seeds and remains central to tests that measure kidney and liver function through the breakdown of urea. Today the term urase survives mainly in historical papers rather than in everyday laboratory language.
How URASE is used
Rare and largely historical; modern chemistry and medicine use urease instead.
- An old chemistry manual referred to the enzyme as urase rather than urease.
- The reaction driven by urase turns urea into ammonia and carbon dioxide.
- Jack bean extract was one of the first sources from which urase was purified.
- A footnote explained that urase and urease name the very same enzyme.
- Historical papers on nitrogen metabolism still use the term urase.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of URASE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of URASE
The 5 tiles of URASE in a different order — 3 found.
Words starting with URASE
1 longer words begin with URASE.
Shorter words from the letters in URASE
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Common questions about URASE
- Is URASE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts URASE, where it scores 6 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is URASE worth?
- URASE is worth 5 points in Scrabble and 6 points in Words with Friends.
- What does URASE mean?
- An older chemical name for urease, an enzyme that breaks urea down into ammonia and carbon dioxide.
- What letters can be added to URASE?
- URASE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of URASE:
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