The word cancer 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.)

  • cancer n. (Medicine, oncology, pathology) A disease in which the cells of a tissue undergo uncontrolled (and often…
  • cancer n. (Figuratively) Something damaging that spreads throughout something else.
  • cancer adj. (Slang) Extremely unpleasant and annoying.

25 valid words from 3 definitions

AND ANNOYING CELLS DAMAGING DISEASE ELSE EXTREMELY FIGURATIVELY IN MEDICINE OF OFTEN ONCOLOGY PATHOLOGY SLANG SOMETHING SPREADS THAT THE THROUGHOUT TISSUE UNCONTROLLED UNDERGO UNPLEASANT WHICH

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

AN ANCE CAN ER

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

NA RE REC

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

CANCEL CANIER CANKER CANNER CANOER CANTER DANCER LANCER

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

CANER

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

CHANCER

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

CANCERS CANCERED CANCERATE CANCEROUS CANCERATED CANCERATES CANCERATING CANCERATION CANCEROUSLY CANCERATIONS CANCERPHOBIA CANCEROPHOBIA CANCERPHOBIAS CANCEROPHOBIAS

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

PRECANCERS NONCANCEROUS PRECANCEROUS

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

PRECANCER ANTICANCER

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

+E CREANCE
+H CHANCER CHANCRE
+O CONACRE
+S CANCERS

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

-C CANER CRANE CRENA NACRE RANCE

Scrabble scoring

  • 10 points.

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

  • Joker allowed, 1 in 3301 chance (0.03%).
  • Joker not allowed, 1 in 43800 chance.

Other languages

  • Valid: French Spanish Romanian
  • Invalid: German Italian
  • (In French) CANCER n.m.
  • (In Spanish) CÁNCER m. Pat. Tumor maligno, duro o ulceroso, que invade y destruye los tejidos orgánicos animales y es casi siempre incurable.
  • (In Spanish) CÁNCER adj. Referido a personas, las nacidas bajo este signo del Zodíaco.

Category without words

  • No anagrams (Word found by changing the order of the letters.)

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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