The word herpes 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.)

  • herpes n. (Medicine) A viral infection, caused by Human alphaherpesvirus 1 and Human alphaherpesvirus 2, marked…
  • (In German) Herpes S. Durch Herpes-simplex-Viren hervorgerufene Infektion, bei…
  • (In Dutch) herpes n. Huidziekte door een herpes virus veroorzaakt.

13 valid words from 3 definitions

AND BY CAUSED DOOR EEN HERPES HUMAN INFECTION MARKED MEDICINE SIMPLEX VIRAL VIRUS

8 invalid words from 3 definitions

ALPHAHERPESVIRUS BEI DURCH HERVORGERUFENE HUIDZIEKTE INFEKTION VEROORZAAKT VIREN

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

ER ES HE HER PE PES

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

EH PRE RE REH

2 anagrams (New words found by changing the order of the letters.)

PHEERS SPHERE

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

HERIES HEROES HERSES HERYES

One lipogram (New word found when removing only one letter.)

HERES

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

HERPESES HERPESVIRUS HERPESVIRUSES

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

ANTIHERPES

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

+A HEAPERS RESHAPE SPHAERE SPHEARE
+C PERCHES
+D SPHERED
+E PHEERES
+L HELPERS
+S SPHERES
+T HEPSTER PETHERS SPERTHE THREEPS

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

-H PEERS PERES PERSE PREES PRESE SPEER SPREE
-P HERES HERSE SHEER SHERE
-R PHESE SHEEP
-S PHEER

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 4635 chance (0.02%).
  • Joker not allowed, 1 in 26877 chance.

Other languages

  • Valid: French German Spanish Italian Romanian
  • (In French) HERPE n.f. Mar., Anc. Pièce de bois du garde-corps.
  • (In French) HERPÈS n.m. Méd. Affection cutanée.
  • (In Spanish) HERPE amb. Pat. herpes.
  • (In Spanish) HERPES amb. Pat. Erupción que aparece en puntos aislados del cutis, por lo común crónica y de muy distintas formas, acompañada de comezón o escozor, y debida al agrupamiento, sobre una base más o menos...

Categories without words

  • 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.)

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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