The word cron 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.)

  • cron n. (Computing) A scheduler or timer that automatically starts a job, program, task.
  • Cron prop.n. A surname.
  • (In French) cron n.m. Terre sablonneuse où l’on voit beaucoup de débris de coquillages.

16 valid words from 3 definitions

AUTOMATICALLY BEAUCOUP COMPUTING DE DEBRIS JOB ON OR OU PROGRAM SCHEDULER STARTS SURNAME TASK THAT TIMER

4 invalid words from 3 definitions

COQUILLAGES SABLONNEUSE TERRE VOIT

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

ON

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

NO NOR OR ORC

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

CORN

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

CHON CION CLON COON CRAN CROC CROG CROP CROW IRON TRON

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

CON

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

CARON CROON CROWN

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

CRONE CRONK CRONS CRONY CRONES CRONET CRONETS CRONIES CRONISH CRONKER CRONKEST CRONYISM CRONYISMS

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

ACRONIC ACRONYM BICRONS DACRONS MACRONS MICRONS ACRONYMS BACRONYM MUCRONES OMICRONS ACRONICAL ACRONYCAL ACRONYMIC BACRONYMS MICRONISE MICRONIZE MUCRONATE ACRONYCHAL ACRONYMOUS MICRONISED MICRONISES MICRONIZED MICRONIZES MUCRONATED SUBMICRONS ACRONICALLY ACRONYCALLY ACRONYMANIA MACRONUCLEI MICRONATION MICRONEEDLE MICRONISING MICRONIZING MICRONUCLEI MUCRONATION ACRONYCHALLY ACRONYMANIAS CHYLOMICRONS MACRONUCLEAR MACRONUCLEUS MICRONATIONS MICRONEEDLES MICRONUCLEUS MILLIMICRONS MUCRONATIONS ACRONYMICALLY MACRONUTRIENT MICRONISATION MICRONIZATION MICRONUTRIENT + 6 words

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

BICRON DACRON MACRON MICRON OMICRON SUBMICRON CHYLOMICRON MILLIMICRON

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

+A ACORN CARON NARCO RACON
+B BRONC
+E CRONE ONCER RECON
+I CORNI ORCIN
+K CRONK
+O CORNO CROON
+S CORNS CRONS SCORN
+T TRONC
+U CORNU
+W CROWN
+Y CORNY CRONY

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

-C NOR
-N COR ORC ROC
-R CON

Scrabble scoring

  • 6 points.

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

  • Joker allowed, 1 in 60.5 chance (1.65%).
  • Joker not allowed, 1 in 195 chance (0.51%).

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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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