Alanine

7 lettersnounmoderate

Updated June 2026

Definition

A simple amino acid that occurs widely in proteins and plays an important role in energy metabolism.

“Alanine is one of the twenty standard amino acids encoded by the human genetic code.”

Pronunciation

Syllables

al·a·nine

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Wordle

Starts ALA, ends -INE, four vowels A, A, I, E, a common biochemistry term

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Scrabble

Vowel-heavy and excellent for clearing surplus tiles, low individual letter values but tile management wins

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Anagrams of Alanine

Words that use exactly the same letters as “alanine”.

linnaea

Words you can make from Alanine

Shorter words formed from the letters in “alanine”.

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