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What does glycine mean? Is glycine a Scrabble word?

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Is glycine a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word glycine is a Scrabble US word. The word glycine is worth 13 points in Scrabble:

G2L1Y4C3I1N1E1

Is glycine a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word glycine is a Scrabble UK word and has 13 points:

G2L1Y4C3I1N1E1

Is glycine a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word glycine is a Words With Friends word. The word glycine is worth 16 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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7-letter words (1 found)

GLYCINE,

6-letter words (4 found)

CLINGY,CLYING,GLYCIN,NICELY,

5-letter words (13 found)

CLINE,CLING,EYING,GENIC,GYNIE,INCEL,INCLE,INGLE,LIGNE,LINEY,LINGY,LYING,YINCE,

4-letter words (17 found)

CEIL,CIEL,CINE,CLEG,GIEN,GLEI,GLEN,GLEY,INLY,LENG,LICE,LIEN,LINE,LING,LINY,LYNE,NICE,

3-letter words (25 found)

CEL,CIG,CLY,ENG,GEL,GEN,GEY,GIE,GIN,ICE,ICY,ING,LEG,LEI,LEY,LIE,LIG,LIN,LYE,NEG,NIE,NIL,NYE,YEN,YIN,

2-letter words (8 found)

EL,EN,GI,IN,LI,NE,NY,YE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 69 words from glycine according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of glycine

glycine

Etymology

Ancient Greek γλυκύς (glukús, “sweet”) +‎ -ine

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡlaɪˌsin/

Noun

glycine (countable and uncountable, plural glycines)

  1. (biochemistry) A nonessential amino acid, amino-acetic acid, C2H5NO2 found in most proteins but especially in sugar cane; the simplest amino acid.

Synonyms

  • aminoacetic acid (IUPAC name)
  • E640 (when used as a flavour enhancer)
  • Gly (as a monomer in proteins)

Translations

References

  • glycine on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡli.sin/

Etymology 1

From Ancient Greek γλυκύς (glukús) +‎ -ine.

Noun

glycine f (plural glycines)

  1. (botany) wisteria
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Noun

glycine f (plural glycines)

  1. (biochemistry) glycine
    Synonym: glycocolle

Further reading

  • “glycine” in the Dictionnaire de l’Académie française, 8th Edition (1932–35).
  • “glycine” in Dictionnaire français en ligne Larousse.
  • “glycine” in Émile Littré, Dictionnaire de la langue française, 1872–1877.
  • “glycine” in Dictionnaire Le Robert.
  • “glycine”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Source: wiktionary.org