The word costus 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.)

  • costus n. A perennial tropical herbaceous plant of the genus Costus (family Costaceae).
  • costus n. Saussurea costus, a composite growing on the Himalayas in the vicinity of Kashmir, or its root.
  • Costus prop.n. A taxonomic genus within the family Costaceae – spiral gingers, of the tropics and subtropics worldwide.

26 valid words from 3 definitions

AND COMPOSITE COSTUS FAMILY GENUS GINGERS GROWING HERBACEOUS IN ITS KASHMIR OF ON OR PERENNIAL PLANT ROOT SPIRAL SUBTROPICS TAXONOMIC THE TROPICAL TROPICS VICINITY WITHIN WORLDWIDE

3 invalid words from 3 definitions

COSTACEAE HIMALAYAS SAUSSUREA

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

COS COST OS ST US

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

SO SOC UT UTS

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

CUSTOS SCOUTS

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

CESTUS CISTUS COITUS COSTES COTTUS

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

COSTS

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

COSTUSES

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

+C STUCCOS
+F FUSTOCS
+H SCHOUTS SCOUTHS
+K TUSSOCK
+L LOCUSTS
+M CUSTOMS
+R SCRUTOS

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

-C OUSTS SOUTS
-O SCUTS
-S SCOUT SOUCT
-T CUSSO
-U COSTS SCOTS

Scrabble scoring

  • 8 points.

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

  • Joker allowed, 1 in 9636 chance (0.01%).
  • Joker not allowed, 1 in 73912 chance.

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Categories without words

  • 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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