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PROTEASES

9 letters, 11 points in Scrabble, 4 vowels

What PROTEASES Means

PROTEASES is a form of PROTEASE, which means:

  1. noun: any enzyme that catalyzes the splitting of proteins into smaller peptide fractions and amino acids by a process known as proteolysis

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Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

PROTEASES is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 11 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as P3 R1 O1 T1 E1 A1 S1 E1 S1.

Words Made From The Letters In PROTEASES

640 shorter words come out of these tiles. On a board that matters more than the long play, because a short word on a premium square often beats a long one on plain squares.

8 letter words (8)

7 letter words (45)

6 letter words (131)

5 letter words (202)

4 letter words (156)

3 letter words (76)

2 letter words (22)

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