The word pinguin 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.)

  • pinguin n. Obsolete form of penguin (“the bird, or the plant”).
  • (In German) Pinguin S. Flugunfähiger Seevogel.
  • (In Dutch) pinguïn n. (Vogels) een niet-vliegende zeevogel van de familie Spheniscidae…

11 valid words from 3 definitions

BIRD DE EEN FORM OBSOLETE OF OR PENGUIN PLANT THE VAN

8 invalid words from 3 definitions

FAMILIE FLUGUNFAHIGER NIET SEEVOGEL SPHENISCIDAE VLIEGENDE VOGELS ZEEVOGEL

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

GU IN ING PI PIN PING

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

NIP UG

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

PENGUIN PINGUID

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

PINGUINS

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

+J PUNJIING
+L UNPILING
+S PINGUINS

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

-U PINING

Scrabble scoring

  • 10 points.

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

  • Joker allowed, 1 in 153541 chance.
  • Joker not allowed, 1 in 1235151 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.)
  • 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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