pentose
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 9
- Words With Friends
- 11
- Letters
- 7
Definition of pentose
1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
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A sugar or saccharide containing five carbon atoms.
“Ribose, found in RNA, is a common pentose.”
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
Internationalism, from penta- (“five”) + -ose.
Words you can make from pentose
125 playable · top: OPENEST (9 pts)
Best play openest 9 points7-letter words
2 words6-letter words
5 words5-letter words
24 words4-letter words
46 words- EPOS 6 pts
- NEEP 6 pts
- NOPE 6 pts
- OPEN 6 pts
- OPES 6 pts
- OPTS 6 pts
- PEEN 6 pts
- PEES 6 pts
- PENS 6 pts
- PENT 6 pts
- PEON 6 pts
- PESO 6 pts
- PEST 6 pts
- PETS 6 pts
- POET 6 pts
- PONE 6 pts
- PONS 6 pts
- POSE 6 pts
- POST 6 pts
- POTS 6 pts
- SEEP 6 pts
- SEPT 6 pts
- SPOT 6 pts
- STEP 6 pts
- STOP 6 pts
- TOPE 6 pts
- TOPS 6 pts
- EONS 4 pts
- ESNE 4 pts
- NEST 4 pts
- NETS 4 pts
- NOES 4 pts
- NOSE 4 pts
- NOTE 4 pts
- ONES 4 pts
- SEEN 4 pts
- SENE 4 pts
- SENT 4 pts
- SNOT 4 pts
- SONE 4 pts
- TEEN 4 pts
- TEES 4 pts
- TENS 4 pts
- TOES 4 pts
- TONE 4 pts
- TONS 4 pts
3-letter words
33 words- OPE 5 pts
- OPS 5 pts
- OPT 5 pts
- PEE 5 pts
- PEN 5 pts
- PES 5 pts
- PET 5 pts
- POS 5 pts
- POT 5 pts
- PST 5 pts
- SOP 5 pts
- TOP 5 pts
- ENS 3 pts
- EON 3 pts
- EST 3 pts
- NEE 3 pts
- NET 3 pts
- NOS 3 pts
- NOT 3 pts
- OES 3 pts
- ONE 3 pts
- ONS 3 pts
- OSE 3 pts
- SEE 3 pts
- SEN 3 pts
- SET 3 pts
- SON 3 pts
- SOT 3 pts
- TEE 3 pts
- TEN 3 pts
- TES 3 pts
- TOE 3 pts
- TON 3 pts
2-letter words
14 wordsHooks
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