The word telling 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.)

  • telling v. Present participle of tell.
  • telling adj. Having force, or having a marked effect; weighty, effective.
  • telling adj. Revealing information; bearing significance.

15 valid words from 3 definitions

BEARING EFFECT EFFECTIVE FORCE HAVING INFORMATION MARKED OF OR PARTICIPLE PRESENT REVEALING SIGNIFICANCE TELL WEIGHTY

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

EL ELL IN ING LI LIN LING TE TEL TELL TELLIN

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

ET ILL LET NIL NILL

One anagram (New word found by changing the order of the letters.)

GILLNET

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

BELLING CELLING FELLING GELLING HELLING JELLING MELLING PELLING SELLING TELLINS TILLING TOLLING WELLING YELLING

One lipogram (New word found when removing only one letter.)

TELLIN

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

TELLINGS TELLINGLY

5 times in the middle (New words found by adding letters in front and at the end of the word.)

HOTELLINGS RETELLINGS HOSTELLINGS TALETELLINGS STORYTELLINGS

12 prefixes (New words found by adding one or more letters in front of the word.)

STELLING HOTELLING RETELLING BATTELLING HOSTELLING MARTELLING MISTELLING OUTTELLING PRETELLING FORETELLING TALETELLING STORYTELLING

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

+S GILLNETS STELLING TELLINGS
+U GLUTELIN

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

-G LENTIL LINTEL TELLIN
-L ENGILT GENTIL TINGLE
-N GILLET
-T LEGLIN LINGEL LINGLE

Scrabble scoring

  • 8 points.

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

  • Joker allowed, 1 in 45079 chance.
  • Joker not allowed, 1 in 228732 chance.

Other languages

Category without words

  • No epentheses (Word found when adding only one 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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