The word gibbous 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.)

  • gibbous adj. Characterized by convexity; protuberant.
  • gibbous adj. (Astronomy, of a celestial body) Having more than half (but not the whole) of its disc illuminated.
  • gibbous adj. Humpbacked.

20 valid words from 3 definitions

ASTRONOMY BODY BUT BY CELESTIAL CHARACTERIZED CONVEXITY DISC HALF HAVING HUMPBACKED ILLUMINATED ITS MORE NOT OF PROTUBERANT THAN THE WHOLE

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

BO GI GIB OU OUS US

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

BI BIG OB

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

GIBBONS

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

GIBBOUSLY GIBBOUSNESS GIBBOUSNESSES

Scrabble scoring

  • 12 points.

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

  • Joker allowed, 1 in 432170 chance.
  • Joker not allowed, 1 in 4631817 chance.

Other languages

Categories without words

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