acyl group

NOUN /æsɪl_grup/
10 LETTERS · STARTS WITH A

acyl group is a valid 10-letter word worth 17 points in Scrabble and 21 points in Words with Friends.

SCRABBLE WORDS WITH FRIENDS
A1C3Y4L1G2R1O1U1P3
1 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 0 + 2 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 3 =17 PTS
DOUBLE WORD → 34TRIPLE WORD → 51
MEANING

What does acyl group mean?

NOUN · 1 SENSE
1

Any group or radical of the form RCO- where R is an organic group.

“an example of the acyl group is the acetyl group”

SYNONYMS