The word dervish 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.)

  • dervish n. (Islam) An itinerant Sufi mystic practicing voluntary poverty in devotion to God, and often engaging…
  • Dervish n. A member of a Sufi Muslim ascetic fraternity of mendicant friars.
  • Dervish n. (Historical) A citizen or inhabitant of Darawiish (Circa 1895–1920 C.E.), the Dhulbahante anti-colonial…

27 valid words from 3 definitions

AN AND ANTI ASCETIC CIRCA CITIZEN COLONIAL DEVOTION ENGAGING FRATERNITY FRIARS GOD HISTORICAL IN INHABITANT ITINERANT MEMBER MENDICANT MYSTIC OF OFTEN OR POVERTY PRACTICING THE TO VOLUNTARY

5 invalid words from 3 definitions

DARAWIISH DHULBAHANTE ISLAM MUSLIM SUFI

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

DE DERV ER IS ISH SH VIS

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

ED RE RED SI

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

SHRIVED

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

DERVISHES

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

+A RAVISHED
+E SHIVERED SHRIEVED

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

-D HIVERS SHIVER SHRIVE
-H DIVERS DRIVES
-V HIDERS SHIRED

Scrabble scoring

  • 14 points.

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

  • Joker allowed, 1 in 63089 chance.
  • Joker not allowed, 1 in 385985 chance.

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Categories without words

  • No cousins (Word found by changing only one letter.)
  • No lipograms (Word found when removing only one letter.)
  • 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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