amino acid

NOUN /ə'minoʊ_'æsɪd/

10 LETTERS · 4 SYLLABLES · STARTS WITH A

amino acid is a valid 10-letter word worth 14 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.

SCRABBLE WORDS WITH FRIENDS

A1M3I1N1O1A1C3I1D2

1 + 3 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 0 + 1 + 3 + 1 + 2 =14 PTS

DOUBLE WORD → 28TRIPLE WORD → 42

MEANING

What does amino acid mean?

NOUN · 1 SENSE

Organic compounds containing an amino group and a carboxylic acid group.

“proteins are composed of various proportions of about 20 common amino acids”

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