The word fossa 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.)

  • fossa n. (Anatomy) A pit, groove, cavity, or depression.
  • fossa n. (Astronomy) A long, narrow, shallow depression on the body of an extraterrestrial body, such as a planet or moon.
  • fossa n. A large nocturnal reddish-brown catlike mammal (Cryptoprocta ferox) of the civet family, endemic to…

29 valid words from 3 definitions

AN ANATOMY AS ASTRONOMY BODY BROWN CATLIKE CAVITY CIVET DEPRESSION ENDEMIC FAMILY GROOVE LARGE LONG MAMMAL MOON NARROW NOCTURNAL OF ON OR PIT PLANET REDDISH SHALLOW SUCH THE TO

3 invalid words from 3 definitions

CRYPTOPROCTA EXTRATERRESTRIAL FEROX

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

FOSS OS OSSA

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

AS ASS OF SO

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

SOFAS

One cousin (New word found by changing only one letter.)

FOSSE

2 lipograms (New words found when removing only one letter.)

FOSS OSSA

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

FOUSSA

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

FOSSAE FOSSAS FOSSATE

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

+E FOSSAE
+R SOFARS
+S FOSSAS
+T FATSOS SOFTAS
+U FOUSSA

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

-A FOSS
-F OSSA
-S OAFS SOFA

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 903 chance (0.11%).
  • Joker not allowed, 1 in 4149 chance (0.02%).

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Categories without words

  • 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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