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Is adenine a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word adenine is a Scrabble US word. The word adenine is worth 8 points in Scrabble:

A1D2E1N1I1N1E1

Is adenine a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word adenine is a Scrabble UK word and has 8 points:

A1D2E1N1I1N1E1

Is adenine a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word adenine is a Words With Friends word. The word adenine is worth 10 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

A1D2E1N2I1N2E1

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7-letter words (1 found)

ADENINE,

6-letter words (4 found)

AEDINE,DINNAE,ENNEAD,INDENE,

5-letter words (8 found)

AINEE,DAINE,DIANE,DIENE,DINNA,EANED,INANE,INNED,

4-letter words (19 found)

AIDE,AINE,DEAN,DEEN,DENE,DENI,DINE,EIDE,EINA,EINE,IDEA,IDEE,NAIN,NANE,NEED,NENE,NIDE,NIED,NINE,

3-letter words (25 found)

AID,AIN,AND,ANE,ANI,ANN,DAE,DAN,DEE,DEI,DEN,DIE,DIN,EAN,EEN,END,ENE,IDE,INN,NAE,NAN,NED,NEE,NID,NIE,

2-letter words (15 found)

AD,AE,AI,AN,DA,DE,DI,EA,ED,EE,EN,ID,IN,NA,NE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 73 words from adenine according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of adenine

adenine

Etymology

From German Adenin, from Ancient Greek ἀδήν (adḗn, “gland”). By surface analysis, aden- +‎ -ine. It was named in 1885 by the German biochemist Albrecht Kossel, in reference to the pancreas (a specific gland) from which Kossel's sample had been extracted.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈæ.dəˌniːn/, /ˈæ.dɪˌnɪn/

Noun

adenine (countable and uncountable, plural adenines)

  2. (biochemistry, genetics) A base, C5H5N5, found in certain glands and tissues, which pairs with thymine in DNA and uracil in RNA.
    Hypernyms: nucleobase, purine
    Coordinate terms: cytosine, guanine, thymine, uracil

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Noun

adenine f pl

  1. plural of adenina

Anagrams

  • enneadi, neanide

Source: wiktionary.org