What AMYLASE Means
- noun: any of a group of proteins found in saliva and pancreatic juice and parts of plants; help convert starch to sugar
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
AMYLASE is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 12 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as A1 M3 Y4 L1 A1 S1 E1.
At seven letters this plays a whole rack, which is a bingo and worth 62 in Scrabble once the 50 point bonus lands.
Words Made From The Letters In AMYLASE
148 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.
6 letter words (3)
5 letter words (27)
ALAYSALMASALMESAMLASAMYLSASYLALAMASLAMESLEAMSLYAMSLYASELYMESMALASMALESMAYASMEALSMEALYMELASMESALSAMELSAMEYSEAMYYALESYEALMYELMSYLEMSYSAME
4 letter words (60)
AALSALAEALASALAYALESALMAALMEALMSAMASAMESAMLAAMYLASEAAYESEASYELMSELMYEMYSEYASLAMALAMELAMSLASELAYSLEAMLEASLEYSLYAMLYESLYMELYMSLYSEMAASMAESMALAMALEMALSMASAMASEMAYAMAYSMEALMELAMELSMESAMYALSALESAMASAMESEALSEAMSLAESLAMSLAYSLEYYALEYAMSYEASYELMYLEM
3 letter words (42)
AALAASALAALEALSAMAAMEAYEAYSEASELMELSEMSLAMLASLAYLEALESLEYLYELYMMAAMAEMALMASMAYMELMESSAESALSAMSAYSEASELSEYSLYSMASYEYAEYAMYEAYES
2 letter words (16)
Next: the Word Unscrambler for any letters at all. Full entry and definition at Merriam-Webster.