The word ashcan 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.)

  • ashcan n. A container for ashes, used in times past for accumulating ashes generated from wood and coal fires…
  • ashcan n. A dustbin. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
  • ashcan n. (US, slang) A kind of large firecracker.

28 valid words from 3 definitions

ACCUMULATING ADD AN AND ASHES CAN COAL CONTAINER DUSTBIN EXAMPLE FIRECRACKER FIRES FOR FROM GENERATED IN KIND LARGE OF PAST SENSE SLANG THIS TIMES US USED WE WOOD

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

AN AS ASH CAN SH

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

ACH CH NA NACH

2 anagrams (New words found by changing the order of the letters.)

CHANAS NACHAS

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

ASHMAN ASHPAN

One suffix (New word found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

ASHCANS

One time in the middle (New word found by adding letters in front and at the end of the word.)

TRASHCANS

One prefix (New word found by adding one or more letters in front of the word.)

TRASHCAN

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

+C CANCHAS
+G CHAGANS
+K ACHKANS
+L CHALANS
+M MACHANS
+R ANARCHS
+S ASHCANS
+T ACANTHS
+U ANCHUSA
+Z CHAZANS

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

-C HANSA
-S CHANA

Scrabble scoring

  • 11 points.

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

  • Joker allowed, 1 in 7849 chance (0.01%).
  • Joker not allowed, 1 in 49275 chance.

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Categories without words

  • No lipograms (Word found when removing only one letter.)
  • 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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