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Ketoses

7 lettersnounrare

Updated June 2026

Definition

Plural of ketose, referring to monosaccharide sugars that contain a ketone group or its hemiacetal form.

Fructose is one of the most familiar ketoses found naturally in fruit and honey.

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Ends in -OSES which appears in other chemistry words, K at the start is the main surprise

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K scores 5 pts, scientific term valid in Scrabble, a good use of an S tile on KETOSE

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