The word atavism is a valid scrabble word

3 short excerpts of WikWik.org (WikWik is an online database of words defined in the English, French, Spanish, Italian, and other Wiktionnaries.)

  • atavism n. The reappearance of an ancestral characteristic in an organism after several generations of absence; a throwback.
  • atavism n. The recurrence or reversion to a past behaviour, method, characteristic or style after a long period of absence.
  • atavism n. (Sociology) Reversion to past primitive behavior, especially violence.

28 valid words from 3 definitions

ABSENCE AFTER AN ANCESTRAL BEHAVIOR BEHAVIOUR CHARACTERISTIC ESPECIALLY GENERATIONS IN LONG METHOD OF OR ORGANISM PAST PERIOD PRIMITIVE REAPPEARANCE RECURRENCE REVERSION SEVERAL SOCIOLOGY STYLE THE THROWBACK TO VIOLENCE

6 words-in-word (Words found as is inside the word.)

AT IS ISM TA TAV VIS

4 words-in-word RTL (Words found written from right to left, inside the word.)

AT SI TA VAT

One cousin (New word found by changing only one letter.)

ATAVIST

One suffix (New word found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

ATAVISMS

One anagram plus one (New word formed with all the letters from the word plus a letter.)

+S ATAVISMS

One anagram minus one (New word formed with all the letters from the word minus a letter.)

-V MATAIS

Scrabble scoring

  • 12 points.

Probability in scrabble (Probability to draw 7 letters at the beginning of the game to build the word.)

  • Joker allowed, 1 in 76665 chance.
  • Joker not allowed, 1 in 514646 chance.

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Categories without words

  • No anagrams (Word found by changing the order of the letters.)
  • No lipograms (Word found when removing only one letter.)
  • No epentheses (Word found when adding only one letter.)
  • Not found in the middle (Word found by adding letters in front and at the end of the word.)
  • No prefixes (Word found by adding one or more letters in front of the word.)

Scrabble words — in black are valid world wide — in RED are not valid in North America — in GREEN are valid only in North America.

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