The word abstain 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.)

  • abstain v. (Transitive, reflexive, obsolete) Keep or withhold oneself.
  • abstain v. (Intransitive) Refrain from (something or doing something); keep from doing, especially an indulgence.
  • abstain v. (Intransitive, obsolete) Fast (not eat for a period).

20 valid words from 3 definitions

AN DOING EAT ESPECIALLY FAST FOR FROM INDULGENCE INTRANSITIVE KEEP NOT OBSOLETE ONESELF OR PERIOD REFLEXIVE REFRAIN SOMETHING TRANSITIVE WITHHOLD

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

AB ABS AI AIN IN ST STAIN TA TAI TAIN

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

AT ATS BA

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

ABSTAINS ABSTAINED ABSTAINER ABSTAINERS ABSTAINING

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

+D TABANIDS
+E BASANITE
+H HABITANS
+I ANTIBIAS
+R ATABRINS BARTISAN
+S ABSTAINS

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

-B ISTANA
-I BASANT
-N ABATIS
-T BANIAS

Scrabble scoring

  • 9 points.

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

  • Joker allowed, 1 in 30982 chance.
  • Joker not allowed, 1 in 171549 chance.

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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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