The word underlie 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.)

  • underlie v. (Intransitive) To lie in a position directly beneath something. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
  • underlie v. (Transitive) To lie under or beneath.
  • underlie v. (Transitive) To serve as a basis of; form the foundation of.

26 valid words from 3 definitions

ADD AN AS BASIS BENEATH CAN DIRECTLY EXAMPLE FOR FORM FOUNDATION IN INTRANSITIVE LIE OF OR POSITION SENSE SERVE SOMETHING THE THIS TO TRANSITIVE UNDER WE

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

DE ER LI LIE UN UNDE UNDER

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

ED NU RE RED

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

UNDERLIP UNDERLIT

One epenthesis (New word found when adding only one letter.)

UNDERLINE

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

UNDERLIER UNDERLIES UNDERLIERS

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

+M RELUMINED
+N UNDERLINE
+R UNDERLIER
+S UNDERLIES
+T INTERLUDE

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

-L UREDINE
-U REDLINE RELINED

Scrabble scoring

  • 9 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.)
  • 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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