chiral
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 11
- Words With Friends
- 12
- Letters
- 6
/ˈkaɪɹəl/
Definition of chiral
1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included
adj
-
(not-comparable, physical)that exhibits chirality; as in the left-handed and right-handed versions of a helix, or a molecule with L- and D- stereoisomers.
“In the close vicinity of a chiral nanostructure, the circular dichroism of a biomolecule could be greatly enhanced, due to the interaction with the local superchiral fields.”
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From Ancient Greek χείρ (kheír, “hand”) + -al.
Words you can make from chiral
49 playable · top: ARCHIL (11 pts)
Best play archil 11 points5-letter words
5 words4-letter words
20 words3-letter words
15 words2-letter words
8 wordsHooks
1 extension · 1 front
A single letter you can add to chiral to make another valid word.
Front
Find your best play with chiral
See every word you can make from a set of letters that includes chiral, or browse word lists you can mine for high-scoring plays.