t 1 y 4 r 1 o 1 s 1 i 1 n 1 e 1
8 letters · 11 points in Scrabble
Meaning
noun an amino acid found in most proteins; a precursor of several hormones
originFrom Ancient Greek τῡρός (tūrós, “cheese”) + -ine (since first discovered in cheese); surface analysis is approximately tyro- + -ine.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0
Also spells
Words from these letters
- tyrosin 10
- nitery 9
- osiery 9
- oyster 9
- resiny 9
- rosiny 9
- sentry 9
- stoney 9
- storey 9
- toyers 9
- entry 8
- eyots 8