The word gila 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.)

  • gila adj. (Singapore) mad; crazy; insane.
  • Gila prop.n. A 649-mile (1,044 km) tributary of the Colorado River which flows through New Mexico and Arizona in the United States.
  • Gila n. A Gila monster.

19 valid words from 3 definitions

AND COLORADO CRAZY FLOWS GILA IN INSANE MAD MILE MONSTER NEW OF RIVER STATES THE THROUGH TRIBUTARY UNITED WHICH

4 invalid words from 3 definitions

ARIZONA KM MEXICO SINGAPORE

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

GI LA

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

AL LI LIG

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

GLIA

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

FILA GALA GIGA GILD GILL GILT GULA HILA PILA ZILA

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

GILAS

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

AGILAS VIGILANT VIGILANCE VIGILANTE INVIGILATE VIGILANCES VIGILANTES VIGILANTLY INVIGILATED INVIGILATES INVIGILATOR VIGILANTISM INVIGILATING INVIGILATION INVIGILATORS VIGILANTISMS VIGILANTNESS HYPERVIGILANT INVIGILATIONS HYPERVIGILANCE VIGILANTNESSES HYPERVIGILANCES

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

AGILA

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

+A AGILA
+D ALGID
+E AGILE
+H LAIGH
+K GLAIK
+L GLIAL
+N ALGIN ALIGN LIANG LIGAN LINGA
+O LOGIA
+R ARGIL GLAIR GRAIL
+S GILAS GLIAS SIGLA
+U UGALI
+W WILGA
+Y GAILY

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

-A LIG
-G AIL
-I GAL LAG

Scrabble scoring

  • 5 points.

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

  • Joker allowed, 1 in 40.6 chance (2.46%).
  • Joker not allowed, 1 in 115 chance (0.87%).

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Categories without words

  • No lipograms (Word found when removing only one letter.)
  • No epentheses (Word found when adding only one 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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