Is PENTOSE a word?

PENTOSE is a valid word in Scrabble and Words With Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words With Friends, has 7 letters, and can be rearranged into 3 other words, plus 60 shorter words built from the same letters.

Yes, PENTOSE is a valid word.

Scrabble 9Words With Friends 11Length 7

What does pentose mean?

noun: any monosaccharide sugar containing five atoms of carbon per molecule.

Definition from WordNet, Princeton University.

PENTOSE: word details

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PENTOSE is one word. If you are holding tiles rather than looking up a single entry, the Scrabble word finder ranks every play from your rack by points, and the Words With Friends solver scores the same letters with WWF values instead, which changes the order of the list.

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What does PENTOSE mean?

PENTOSE is a noun. It means: any monosaccharide sugar containing five atoms of carbon per molecule.

Is PENTOSE a valid word?

Yes, PENTOSE is a valid word. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words With Friends.

Unscrambly validity is based on a large open English word list used across word games. Word acceptance varies by the exact tournament dictionary in use.