The word fossil 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.)

  • fossil n. The mineralized remains of an animal or plant.
  • fossil n. (Paleontology) Any preserved evidence of ancient life, including shells, imprints, burrows, coprolites…
  • fossil n. (Linguistics) A fossil word.

22 valid words from 3 definitions

AN ANCIENT ANIMAL ANY BURROWS COPROLITES EVIDENCE FOSSIL IMPRINTS INCLUDING LIFE LINGUISTICS MINERALIZED OF OR PALEONTOLOGY PLANT PRESERVED REMAINS SHELLS THE WORD

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

FOSS OS SI

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

IS LI LIS OF SO

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

DOSSIL

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

FOSSILS FOSSILISE FOSSILIZE FOSSILISED FOSSILISES FOSSILIZED FOSSILIZES FOSSILISING FOSSILIZING FOSSILISABLE FOSSILIZABLE FOSSILIFEROUS FOSSILISATION FOSSILIZATION FOSSILISATIONS FOSSILIZATIONS

7 times in the middle (New words found by adding letters in front and at the end of the word.)

SUBFOSSILS ICHNOFOSSILS MACROFOSSILS MICROFOSSILS UNFOSSILISED UNFOSSILIZED UNFOSSILIFEROUS

5 prefixes (New words found by adding one or more letters in front of the word.)

NONFOSSIL SUBFOSSIL ICHNOFOSSIL MACROFOSSIL MICROFOSSIL

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

+E FLOSSIE
+S FOSSILS

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

-F SILOS SOILS
-I FLOSS
-S FILOS FOILS

Scrabble scoring

  • 9 points.

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

  • Joker allowed, 1 in 9049 chance (0.01%).
  • Joker not allowed, 1 in 49275 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.)

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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