The word pontianak 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.)

  • pontianak n. (Countable) A female vampiric ghost in Malaysian and Indonesian mythology, said to be the spirit of…
  • pontianak n. Alternative form of pontianac (“fossil resin”).
  • Pontianak prop.n. A city in, and the capital of, West Kalimantan province in Indonesia.

22 valid words from 3 definitions

ALTERNATIVE AND BE CAPITAL CITY COUNTABLE FEMALE FORM FOSSIL GHOST IN MYTHOLOGY OF PONTIANAC PROVINCE RESIN SAID SPIRIT THE TO VAMPIRIC WEST

4 invalid words from 3 definitions

INDONESIA INDONESIAN KALIMANTAN MALAYSIAN

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

AN ANA NA ON PO PONT TI TIAN

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

AI AIT AN ANA IT KA KANA NA NO OP

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

PONTIANAC

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

PONTIANAKS

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

+S PONTIANAKS

Scrabble scoring

  • 15 points.

Other languages

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.)
  • 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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