The word embarras 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.)

  • embarras n. (Now rare) Embarrassment; confusion, uncertainty.
  • embarras n. (Now rare) An embarrassment; an obstacle or hindrance.
  • embarras n. (Now rare) Embarrassment; intense social awkwardness.

12 valid words from 3 definitions

AN AWKWARDNESS CONFUSION EMBARRASSMENT HINDRANCE INTENSE NOW OBSTACLE OR RARE SOCIAL UNCERTAINTY

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

AR ARRAS AS BA BAR BARRA BARRAS EM EMBAR RAS

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

AB AR ME SAR

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

EMBARRASS

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

EMBARRASS EMBARRASSED EMBARRASSES EMBARRASSING EMBARRASSABLE EMBARRASSEDLY EMBARRASSMENT EMBARRASSINGLY EMBARRASSMENTS

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

DISEMBARRASS UNEMBARRASSED DISEMBARRASSED DISEMBARRASSES UNEMBARRASSING DISEMBARRASSING

One anagram plus one (New word formed with all the letters from the word plus a letter.)

+S EMBARRASS

Scrabble scoring

  • 12 points.

Other languages

  • Valid: French Spanish
  • Invalid: German Italian Romanian
  • (In French) EMBARRAS n.m.
  • (In French) EMBARRER v. [cj. aimer]. Placer un levier sous un fardeau. - S’embarrer : passer une jambe de l’autre côté du bat-flanc, en parlant d’un cheval.
  • (In Spanish) EMBARRAR tr. Untar y cubrir con barro.
  • (In Spanish) EMBARRAR tr. Introducir el extremo de una barra o espeque entre un objeto firme y otro que se quiere mover.
  • (In Spanish) EMBARRAR prnl. Acogerse las perdices a los árboles, subiéndose a ellos cuando se ven muy perseguidas y hostigadas.

Categories without words

  • No anagrams (Word found by changing the order of the letters.)
  • No cousins (Word found by changing only one letter.)
  • No lipograms (Word found when removing only one letter.)
  • No prefixes (Word found by adding one or more letters in front of the word.)
  • No anagrams can be formed by removing a letter (New word formed with all the letters of the word minus a 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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