Is ARGININES a valid Scrabble word?
Yes, ARGININES is a valid word in US Scrabble and UK Scrabble, worth 10 points.
Base score before bonus squares; blank tiles score zero.
What does ARGININES mean?
Arginines is a form of ARGININE.
- noun
a bitter tasting amino acid found in proteins and necessary for nutrition; its absence from the diet leads to a reduced production of spermatozoa
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.
Points
10
Scrabble
13
Words With Friends
9
Letters
A (1) + R (1) + G (2) + I (1) + N (1) + I (1) + N (1) + E (1) + S (1) = 10 points in Scrabble.
Dictionary status
- Scrabble (US & Canada)Valid
- Scrabble (UK & worldwide)Valid
- Words With FriendsListed
Scrabble lists: NWL2023 (US & Canada) and CSW24 (UK & worldwide). WWF uses our ENABLE reference plus verified additions. “Listed” and “Not listed” describe that reference; check acceptance in the game. Sources reviewed 2026-10-03.
Hooks for ARGININES
ARGININES has no one-letter front or back hooks in US Scrabble. Adding a single letter to either end does not make another word in that list.
Front hooks0
None — nothing can be added to the front.
Back hooks0
None — nothing can be added to the end.
Words you can make from ARGININES
The 60 highest-scoring words using these letters.
- aginners9
- arginine9
- earnings9
- engrains9
- grannies9
- ingrains9
- resining9
- sirenian8
- aginner8
- airings8
- arising8
- earings8
- earning8
- engrain8
- erasing8
- gainers8
- ginners8
- ginnier8
- grannie8
- ingrain8
- innages8
- insigne8
- nearing8
- raining8
- raising8
- reagins8
- regains8
- reginas8
- reining8
- rinsing8
- saining8
- searing8
- seining8
- seringa8
- snaring8
- asinine7
- insaner7
- insnare7
- senarii7
- airing7
- angers7
- earing7
- easing7
- ensign7
- gainer7
- ginner7
- grains7
- innage7
- ranges7
- rasing7
- reagin7
- regain7
- regina7
- reigns7
- renigs7
- resign7
- rising7
- sagier7
- sanger7
- saning7
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