The word bamboo 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.)

  • bamboo n. A fast-growing grass of the Bambusoideae subfamily, characterised by its woody, hollow, round, straight, jointed stem.
  • bamboo n. (Uncountable) The wood of the bamboo plant as a material for building, furniture, etc.
  • bamboo n. (Countable) A stick, rod, pole, or cane of bamboo, especially one used for corporal punishment.

35 valid words from 3 definitions

AS BAMBOO BUILDING BY CANE CHARACTERISED CORPORAL COUNTABLE ESPECIALLY FAST FOR FURNITURE GRASS GROWING HOLLOW ITS JOINTED MATERIAL OF ONE OR PLANT POLE PUNISHMENT ROD ROUND STEM STICK STRAIGHT SUBFAMILY THE UNCOUNTABLE USED WOOD WOODY

2 invalid words from 3 definitions

BAMBUSOIDEAE ETC

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

AM AMBO BA BAM BO BOO OO

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

AB MA OB OO

One lipogram (New word found when removing only one letter.)

BABOO

9 suffixes (New words found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

BAMBOOS BAMBOOZLE BAMBOOZLED BAMBOOZLER BAMBOOZLES BAMBOOZLERS BAMBOOZLING BAMBOOZLEMENT BAMBOOZLEMENTS

2 anagrams plus one (New words formed with all the letters from the word plus a letter.)

+R BOMBORA
+S BAMBOOS

2 anagrams minus one (New words formed with all the letters from the word minus a letter.)

-A BOMBO
-M BABOO

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 21594 chance.
  • Joker not allowed, 1 in 337883 chance.

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Categories without words

  • No anagrams (Word found by changing the order of the letters.)
  • No cousins (Word found by changing 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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