The word mothball 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.)

  • mothball n. (Usually in the plural) A small ball of chemical pesticide (typically naphthalene) and deodorant placed…
  • mothball v. (Transitive) To store or shelve something no longer used.
  • mothball v. (Transitive, figuratively) To stop using (something), but keep it in good condition.

31 valid words from 3 definitions

AND BALL BUT CHEMICAL CONDITION DEODORANT FIGURATIVELY GOOD IN IT KEEP LONGER NAPHTHALENE NO OF OR PESTICIDE PLACED PLURAL SHELVE SMALL SOMETHING STOP STORE THE TO TRANSITIVE TYPICALLY USED USING USUALLY

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

AL ALL BA BAL BALL MO MOT MOTH

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

AB LA LAB OM TO TOM

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

MOTHBALLS MOTHBALLED MOTHBALLING

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

+S MOTHBALLS

Scrabble scoring

  • 15 points.

Other languages

Categories without words

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