acyl

NOUN /æsɪl/

4 LETTERS · 2 SYLLABLES · STARTS WITH A

acyl is a valid 4-letter word worth 9 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.

SCRABBLE WORDS WITH FRIENDS

A1C3Y4L1

1 + 3 + 4 + 1 =9 PTS

DOUBLE WORD → 18TRIPLE WORD → 27

MEANING

What does acyl mean?

NOUN · 1 SENSE

1

Any group or radical of the form RCO- where R is an organic group.

“an example of the acyl group is the acetyl group”

SYNONYMS

BROADER

CHEMICAL GROUP GROUP RADICAL

NARROWER

ACETYL ETHANOYL RADICAL FORYML ETHANOYL GROUP ACETYL GROUP ACETYL RADICAL

AT THE BOARD

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