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Is guanine a Scrabble word?

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

G2U1A1N1I1N1E1

Is guanine a Scrabble UK word?

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

G2U1A1N1I1N1E1

Is guanine a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word guanine is a Words With Friends word. The word guanine is worth 12 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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7-letter words (2 found)

ANGUINE,GUANINE,

6-letter words (6 found)

EANING,GUANIN,GUINEA,INGENU,INNAGE,UNGAIN,

5-letter words (5 found)

ENNUI,GENUA,INANE,INGAN,NUGAE,

4-letter words (22 found)

AGEN,AGIN,AGUE,AINE,AUNE,EINA,GAEN,GAIN,GANE,GAUN,GEAN,GENA,GENU,GIEN,GINN,GUAN,NAIN,NANE,NANG,NGAI,NINE,UNAI,

3-letter words (28 found)

AGE,AIN,ANE,ANI,ANN,AUE,EAN,EAU,ENG,GAE,GAN,GAU,GEN,GIE,GIN,GNU,GUE,GUN,ING,INN,NAE,NAG,NAN,NEG,NIE,NUG,NUN,UNI,

2-letter words (14 found)

AE,AG,AI,AN,EA,EN,GI,GU,IN,NA,NE,NU,UG,UN,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 78 words from guanine according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of guanine

guanine

Alternative forms

  • guanin (dated)

Etymology

guano +‎ -ine. Guanine was named by the German chemist Julius Bodo Unger in 1846 who isolated it from guano.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡwɑː.niːn/
  • Rhymes: -ɑːniːn

Noun

guanine (plural guanines)

  1. (chemistry) A substance first obtained from guano; it is a nucleic base and pairs with cytosine in DNA and RNA (by means of three hydrogen bonds).
    Hypernyms: nucleobase, purine
    Coordinate terms: adenine, cytosine, thymine, uracil

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See also

  • inosine (a nucleobase susbstitute for guanine)

Further reading

  • David Barthelmy (1997–2024) “Guanine”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
  • “guanine”, in Mindat.org‎[1], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2024.

Anagrams

  • Guinean, anguine

French

Pronunciation

Noun

guanine f (plural guanines)

  1. guanine

Further reading

  • “guanine”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Source: wiktionary.org