The word canker 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.)

  • canker n. (Phytopathology) A plant disease marked by gradual decay.
  • canker n. A region of dead plant tissue caused by such a disease.
  • canker n. A worm or grub that destroys plant buds or leaves; cankerworm.

21 valid words from 3 definitions

BUDS BY CANKERWORM CAUSED DEAD DECAY DESTROYS DISEASE GRADUAL GRUB LEAVES MARKED OF OR PHYTOPATHOLOGY PLANT REGION SUCH THAT TISSUE WORM

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

AN ANKER CAN ER

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

NA RE

One anagram (New word found by changing the order of the letters.)

RECKAN

18 cousins (New words found by changing only one letter.)

BANKER CALKER CANCER CANIER CANNER CANOER CANTER CAUKER CAWKER CONKER DANKER HANKER JANKER LANKER RANKER TANKER WANKER YANKER

2 lipograms (New words found when removing only one letter.)

ANKER CANER

One epenthesis (New word found when adding only one letter.)

CRANKER

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

CANKERS CANKERY CANKERED CANKERIER CANKERING CANKEROUS CANKEREDLY CANKERIEST CANKERWORM CANKERWORMS CANKEREDNESS CANKEREDNESSES

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

+B BRACKEN
+D CRANKED
+K KNACKER
+L CRANKLE
+P PRANCKE
+R CRANKER
+S CANKERS RECKANS SNACKER
+Y CANKERY

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

-C ANKER NAKER NERKA RANKE
-E CRANK
-K CANER CRANE CRENA NACRE RANCE
-N ACKER CRAKE CREAK

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 3396 chance (0.03%).
  • Joker not allowed, 1 in 21900 chance.

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Categories without words

  • 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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