The word gallows 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.)

  • gallows n. Wooden framework on which persons are put to death by hanging.
  • gallows n. (Colloquial, obsolete) A wretch who deserves to be hanged.
  • gallows n. (Printing, obsolete) The rest for the tympan when raised.

25 valid words from 3 definitions

ARE BE BY COLLOQUIAL DEATH DESERVES FOR FRAMEWORK HANGED HANGING OBSOLETE ON PERSONS PRINTING PUT RAISED REST THE TO TYMPAN WHEN WHICH WHO WOODEN WRETCH

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

AL ALL ALLOW ALLOWS GAL GALL GALLOW LO LOW LOWS OW

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

AG LA LAG OLLA WO

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

BALLOWS CALLOWS FALLOWS GALLONS GALLOPS GALLOUS HALLOWS MALLOWS SALLOWS TALLOWS WALLOWS

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

ALLOWS GALLOW

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

GALLOWSES GALLOWSNESS GALLOWSNESSES

One time in the middle (New word found by adding letters in front and at the end of the word.)

SCAPEGALLOWSES

One prefix (New word found by adding one or more letters in front of the word.)

SCAPEGALLOWS

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

-G ALLOWS SALLOW
-L SAWLOG
-S GALLOW

Scrabble scoring

  • 11 points.

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

  • Joker allowed, 1 in 231712 chance.
  • Joker not allowed, 1 in 1543939 chance.

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Categories without words

  • No anagrams (Word found by changing the order of the letters.)
  • No epentheses (Word found when adding only one letter.)
  • No anagrams can be formed with an extra letter (New word formed with all the letters of the word and an extra 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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