The word specious 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.)

  • specious adj. Seemingly well-reasoned, plausible or true, but actually fallacious.
  • specious adj. Employing fallacious but deceptively plausible arguments; deceitful.
  • specious adj. Having an attractive appearance intended to generate a favorable response; deceptively attractive.

22 valid words from 3 definitions

ACTUALLY AN APPEARANCE ARGUMENTS ATTRACTIVE BUT DECEITFUL DECEPTIVELY EMPLOYING FALLACIOUS FAVORABLE GENERATE HAVING INTENDED OR PLAUSIBLE REASONED RESPONSE SEEMINGLY TO TRUE WELL

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

IO OU OUS PE PEC SPEC US

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

CEP CEPS ICE OI

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

SPACIOUS

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

SPECIOUSLY SPECIOUSNESS SPECIOUSNESSES

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

+R PRESCIOUS

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

-C POUSSIE
-P CESIOUS
-S PICEOUS

Scrabble scoring

  • 12 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.)

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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