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LACTASE

7 letters, 9 points in Scrabble, 3 vowels

What LACTASE Means

  1. noun: any of a group of enzymes (trade name Lactaid) that hydrolyze lactose to glucose and galactose

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

LACTASE is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 9 in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as L1 A1 C3 T1 A1 S1 E1.

At seven letters this plays a whole rack, which is a bingo and worth 59 in Scrabble once the 50 point bonus lands.

Anagrams of LACTASE (1)

Same letters, different order. Any of these plays the same tiles for the same score.

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