The word delay 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.)

  • delay n. A period of time before an event occurs; the act of delaying; procrastination; lingering inactivity.
  • delay n. (Music) An audio effects unit that introduces a controlled delay.
  • delay n. (Programming, Clojure) Synonym of promise (“object representing delayed result”).

28 valid words from 3 definitions

ACT AN AUDIO BEFORE CONTROLLED DELAY DELAYED DELAYING EFFECTS EVENT INACTIVITY INTRODUCES LINGERING MUSIC OBJECT OCCURS OF PERIOD PROCRASTINATION PROGRAMMING PROMISE REPRESENTING RESULT SYNONYM THAT THE TIME UNIT

1 invalid word from 3 definitions

CLOJURE

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

AY DE DEL EL LA LAY

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

AL ALE ED LED YA YALE

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

LAYED LEADY

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

BELAY DECAY DELLY DENAY DERAY RELAY

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

DELAYS DELAYED DELAYER DELAYERS DELAYING DELAYABLE DELAYERING DELAYINGLY DELAYERINGS

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

GONDELAYS UNDELAYED ROUNDELAYS UNDELAYING

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

GONDELAY ROUNDELAY

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

+A ALAYED
+B BELADY DYABLE
+C CLAYED
+D DEADLY
+E ALEYED
+F DEAFLY FLAYED
+G AGEDLY
+I EYLIAD
+N ADENYL
+P PLAYED
+R DEARLY RAYLED
+S DELAYS SLAYED
+W YAWLED

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

-A YELD
-D YALE
-E LADY YALD
-L YEAD
-Y DALE DEAL LADE LEAD

Scrabble scoring

  • 9 points.

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

  • Joker allowed, 1 in 266 chance (0.38%).
  • Joker not allowed, 1 in 1037 chance (0.10%).

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  • No lipograms (Word found when removing only one letter.)
  • No epentheses (Word found when adding only one letter.)

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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