t 1 h 4 y 4 m 3 i 1 n 1 e 1
7 letters · 15 points in Scrabble
Meaning
noun a base found in DNA (but not in RNA) and derived from pyrimidine; pairs with adenine
originFrom thymus + -ine. Thymine was first isolated in 1893 by Albrecht Kossel and Albert Neumann from calves' thymus glands, hence its name.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0
Words from these letters
- hymen 13
- mythi 13
- thyme 13
- thymi 13
- thyine 12
- hymn 12
- myth 12
- enmity 11
- hitmen 11
- hemin 10
- meiny 10
- meith 10