choline
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 12
- Words With Friends
- 14
- Letters
- 7
Definition of choline
1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
- (uncountable, usually)A hydroxy quaternary ammonium compound with formula (CH₃)₃N⁺CH₂CH₂OHX⁻. It is an essential nutrient for cardiovascular and brain health and for cell membrane formation.
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Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰelh₃- Proto-Hellenic *kʰolā́ Ancient Greek χολή (kholḗ)der. English choline Coined from Ancient Greek χολή (kholḗ, “bile”). The chemical compound was first isolated by Adolph Strecker from pig and ox bile (hence the name) in 1862. It was also named neurine when chemically synthesized by Oscar Liebreich in 1865, until 1898 when shown to be identical to choline.
Words you can make from choline
99 playable · top: HELICON (12 pts)
Best play helicon 12 points6-letter words
3 words5-letter words
18 words4-letter words
37 words- CHIN 9 pts
- CHON 9 pts
- ECHO 9 pts
- INCH 9 pts
- LECH 9 pts
- LICH 9 pts
- LOCH 9 pts
- OCHE 9 pts
- ELHI 7 pts
- HEIL 7 pts
- HELO 7 pts
- HOLE 7 pts
- HONE 7 pts
- CEIL 6 pts
- CINE 6 pts
- CION 6 pts
- CLON 6 pts
- COIL 6 pts
- COIN 6 pts
- COLE 6 pts
- CONE 6 pts
- CONI 6 pts
- ICON 6 pts
- LICE 6 pts
- LOCI 6 pts
- NICE 6 pts
- ONCE 6 pts
- ENOL 4 pts
- LENO 4 pts
- LIEN 4 pts
- LINE 4 pts
- LINO 4 pts
- LION 4 pts
- LOIN 4 pts
- LONE 4 pts
- NOEL 4 pts
- NOIL 4 pts
3-letter words
25 words2-letter words
15 wordsHooks
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