The word banlieue is a valid scrabble word, except in North America

3 short excerpts of WikWik.org (WikWik is an online database of words defined in the English, French, Spanish, Italian, and other Wiktionnaries.)

  • banlieue n. The outskirts of a city, especially in France, inhabited chiefly by poor people living in tenement-style housing.
  • (In German) Banlieue S. Vorstadt einer Stadt in Frankreich.
  • (In Dutch) banlieue n. Buitenwijk die aan de rand van een grote stad ligt.

20 valid words from 3 definitions

BY CHIEFLY CITY DE DIE EEN ESPECIALLY HOUSING IN INHABITED LIVING OF OUTSKIRTS PEOPLE POOR RAND STYLE TENEMENT THE VAN

10 invalid words from 3 definitions

AAN BUITENWIJK EINER FRANCE FRANKREICH GROTE LIGT STAD STADT VORSTADT

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

AN BA BAN LI LIE LIEU

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

AB NA NAB

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

BANLIEUES

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

+Q INEQUABLE
+S BANLIEUES

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

-I NEBULAE

Scrabble scoring

  • 10 points.

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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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