phenylalanine
Phenylalanine can refer to an essential amino acid found in proteins and needed for growth of children and for protein metabolism in children and adults; abundant in milk and eggs; it is normally converted to tyrosine in the human body.
Length
13
Scrabble
21
WWF
25
Starts
PH
Ends
INE
Difficulty
Hard
Dictionary
What Does “PHENYLALANINE” Mean?
phenylalanine has 1 documented sense across noun.
Noun
1 sensean essential amino acid found in proteins and needed for growth of children and for protein metabolism in children and adults; abundant in milk and eggs; it is normally converted to tyrosine in the human body
Scrabble Score
21
Letters
13
Vowels
5
Consonants
8
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Definition
an essential amino acid found in proteins and needed for growth of children and for protein metabolism in children and adults; abundant in milk and eggs; it is normally converted to tyrosine in the human body
Length
13 letters
Starts With
P
Ends With
E
Vowels
5
Consonants
8
Letters
P, H, E, N, Y, L, A, L, A, N, I, N, E
Use Case
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★★★PHENYLALANINE has a Scrabble score of 21. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆PHENYLALANINE is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★☆☆PHENYLALANINE can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 13-letter structure.
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★★★☆☆PHENYLALANINE contains repeated letters, which can make anagram solving more constrained but also easier to pattern-match.
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Unique Letters
8
Repeated Letters
5
Highest Value Letter
H
Letter Pattern
ABCDEFGFGDHDC
CV Pattern
CCVCCCVCVCVCV
Vowel Share
38%
Consonant Share
62%
Bigrams
PH, HE, EN, NY, YL, LA, AL, LA, AN, NI, IN, NE
Trigrams
PHE, HEN, ENY, NYL, YLA, LAL, ALA, LAN, ANI, NIN, INE
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