ornithine

NOUN /ɔrnə,θin/
9 LETTERS · 3 SYLLABLES · STARTS WITH O

ornithine is a valid 9-letter word worth 12 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.

SCRABBLE WORDS WITH FRIENDS
O1R1N1I1T1H4I1N1E1
1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 4 + 1 + 1 + 1 =12 PTS
DOUBLE WORD → 24TRIPLE WORD → 36
MEANING

What does ornithine mean?

NOUN · 1 SENSE
1

An amino acid that does not occur in proteins but is important in the formation of urea.