The word but 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.)

  • but prep. Apart from, except (for), excluding.
  • but prep. (Obsolete outside Scotland) Outside of.
  • but adv. (Chiefly literary or poetic) Merely, only, just, no more than.

18 valid words from 3 definitions

APART CHIEFLY EXCEPT EXCLUDING FOR FROM JUST LITERARY MERELY MORE NO OBSOLETE OF ONLY OR OUTSIDE POETIC THAN

1 invalid word from 3 definitions

SCOTLAND

One word in word (Word found as is inside the word.)

UT

One word-in-word RTL (Word found written from right to left, inside the word.)

TUB

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

TUB

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

BAT BET BIT BOT BUB BUD BUG BUM BUN BUR BUS BUY CUT GUT HUT JUT MUT NUT OUT PUT RUT TUT

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

UT

7 epenthesis (New words found when adding only one letter.)

BHUT BOUT BRUT BUAT BUNT BUST BUTT

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

BUTE BUTS BUTT BUTCH BUTEO BUTES BUTLE BUTOH BUTTE BUTTS BUTTY BUTUT BUTYL BUTANE BUTENE BUTEOS BUTLED BUTLER BUTLES BUTOHS BUTTED BUTTER BUTTES BUTTLE BUTTON BUTUTS BUTYLS BUTANES BUTANOL BUTCHER BUTCHES BUTENES BUTLERS BUTLERY BUTLING BUTMENT BUTTALS BUTTERS BUTTERY BUTTIES BUTTING BUTTLED BUTTLES BUTTOCK BUTTONS BUTTONY BUTYRAL BUTYRIC BUTYRIN BUTYRYL + 151 words

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

ABUTS ARBUTE DEBUTS REBUTS ABUTTAL ABUTTED ABUTTER ARBUTES ARBUTUS BARBUTS DEBUTED DIBUTYL HAGBUTS KIBBUTZ KRUBUTS SACBUTS SAGBUTS TRIBUTE WOOBUTS ABUTILON ABUTMENT ABUTTALS ABUTTERS ABUTTING ARBUTEAN DEBUTANT DEBUTING HACKBUTS HALIBUTS HOLIBUTS ISOBUTYL RAMBUTAN REBUTTAL REBUTTED REBUTTER REBUTTON SACKBUTS TRIBUTER TRIBUTES UNBUTTON ABUTILONS ABUTMENTS ALBUTEROL ARBUTUSES ATTRIBUTE BLACKBUTT DEBUTANTE DEBUTANTS HAGBUTEER HAGBUTTER + 195 words

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

ABUT DEBUT REBUT BARBUT HAGBUT KRUBUT NOBBUT SACBUT SAGBUT WOOBUT HACKBUT HALIBUT HOLIBUT SACKBUT SURREBUT

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

+A ABUT BUAT TABU TUBA
+E BUTE TUBE
+H BHUT
+N BUNT
+O BOUT
+R BRUT
+S BUST BUTS STUB TUBS
+T BUTT

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

-B UT

Scrabble scoring

  • 5 points.

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

  • Joker allowed, 1 in 31.2 chance (3.20%).
  • Joker not allowed, 1 in 96.2 chance (1.04%).

Other languages


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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