The word tarantula 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.)

  • tarantula n. Any of the large, hairy New World spiders comprising the family Theraphosidae.
  • tarantula n. (By extension) A member of certain other groups of spiders, generally characterized by large size, hairiness…
  • tarantula n. (Dated) A species of wolf spider, Lycosa tarantula, native to southern Europe, the mildly poisonous…

30 valid words from 3 definitions

ANY BY CERTAIN CHARACTERIZED COMPRISING DATED EXTENSION FAMILY GENERALLY GROUPS HAIRINESS HAIRY LARGE MEMBER MILDLY NATIVE NEW OF OTHER POISONOUS SIZE SOUTHERN SPECIES SPIDER SPIDERS TARANTULA THE TO WOLF WORLD

3 invalid words from 3 definitions

EUROPE LYCOSA THERAPHOSIDAE

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

AN ANT AR LA RAN RANT TA TAR TARA

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

AL ALU AR AT NA RAT UT

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

TARANTULAE TARANTULAS

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

+E TARANTULAE
+S TARANTULAS

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

-U TARLATAN

Scrabble scoring

  • 9 points.

Other languages

  • Valid: Spanish Romanian
  • Invalid: French German Italian
  • (In Spanish) TARÁNTULA f. Araña muy común en el mediodía de Europa, principalmente en los alrededores de Tarento, en Italia, y cuyo cuerpo, de unos tres centímetros de largo, es negro por encima, rojizo por debajo, velloso...

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.)

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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