The word mancala is a valid scrabble word, except in North America

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

  • mancala n. (Board games) Any of various board games, common throughout Africa and Asia, in which a move consists…
  • (In French) mancala n.m. Terme générique d’un jeu de société africain ou asiatique…
  • (In Portuguese) mancala s. Família de jogos de tabuleiro áfrico-asiáticos.

16 valid words from 3 definitions

AND ANY BOARD COMMON CONSISTS DE GAMES IN JEU MOVE OF OU THROUGHOUT UN VARIOUS WHICH

12 invalid words from 3 definitions

AFRICA AFRICAIN AFRICO ASIA ASIATICOS ASIATIQUE FAMILIA GENERIQUE JOGOS SOCIETE TABULEIRO TERME

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

AL ALA AN CAL LA MA MAN

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

AL ALA AM LA LAC NA NAM

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

ALMANAC

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

MANDALA

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

MANCALAS

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

+I MANIACAL
+K ALMANACK
+S ALMANACS MANCALAS

Scrabble scoring

  • 11 points.

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

  • Joker allowed, 1 in 214464 chance.
  • Joker not allowed, 1 in 1985065 chance.

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Categories without words

  • 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.)
  • No anagrams can be formed by removing a letter (New word formed with all the letters of the word minus a 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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