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Is purine a Scrabble word?

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

P3U1R1I1N1E1

Is purine a Scrabble UK word?

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

P3U1R1I1N1E1

Is purine a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word purine is a Words With Friends word. The word purine is worth 11 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

P4U2R1I1N2E1

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6-letter words (4 found)

PRUINE,PUNIER,PURINE,UNRIPE,

5-letter words (7 found)

INURE,PRUNE,PURIN,REPIN,RIPEN,UNRIP,URINE,

4-letter words (17 found)

IURE,PEIN,PENI,PERI,PERN,PIER,PINE,PIRN,PUER,PUIR,PURE,PURI,REIN,RINE,RIPE,RUIN,RUNE,

3-letter words (26 found)

ERN,IRE,NEP,NIE,NIP,NUR,PEN,PER,PIE,PIN,PIR,PIU,PRE,PUN,PUR,REI,REN,REP,RIN,RIP,RUE,RUN,UNI,URE,URN,URP,

2-letter words (11 found)

EN,ER,IN,NE,NU,PE,PI,RE,UN,UP,UR,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 66 words from purine according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of purine

purine

Etymology

Borrowed from German Purin.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpjʊəɹiːn/

Noun

purine (countable and uncountable, plural purines)

  1. (organic chemistry) Any of a class of organic heterocyclic compounds, composed of fused pyrimidine and imidazole rings, that constitute one of the two groups of organic nitrogenous bases (the other being the pyrimidines) and are components of nucleic acids.
    • 1982, Ray A. Field, Mechanically Deboned Red Meat, C. O. Chichester, George Franklin Stewart, Advances in Food Research, Volume 27, page 67,
      Clifford et al. (1976) investigated the metabolism of individual purines and found that adenine, and to a lesser extent hypoxanthine, had pronounced effects on blood uric acid levels. The purine content of foods, in particular adenine, would therefore be of immense nutritional significance.

Derived terms

Translations

See also

  • adenine
  • guanine
  • hypoxanthine
  • xanthine
  • uric acid

Anagrams

  • punier, rein up, unripe

French

Pronunciation

Noun

purine f (plural purines)

  1. purine

Further reading

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

Italian

Noun

purine f

  1. plural of purina

Anagrams

  • punire

Source: wiktionary.org