The word herringbone 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.)

  • herringbone n. A bone of a herring.
  • herringbone n. A zigzag pattern, especially made by bricks, on a cloth, or by stitches in sewing.
  • herringbone n. (Skiing) A method of climbing a hill by pointing the skis outward in a V-shape to keep from sliding backwards.

29 valid words from 3 definitions

BACKWARDS BONE BRICKS BY CLIMBING CLOTH ESPECIALLY FROM HERRING HILL IN KEEP MADE METHOD OF ON OR OUTWARD PATTERN POINTING SEWING SHAPE SKIING SKIS SLIDING STITCHES THE TO ZIGZAG

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

BO BON BONE ER ERR ERRING HE HER HERRING IN ING NE ON ONE RIN RING RINGBONE

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

EH EN NO NOB OB RE REH

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

HERRINGBONED HERRINGBONES

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

+D HERRINGBONED
+S HERRINGBONES

Scrabble scoring

  • 17 points.

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Categories without words

  • No anagrams (Word found by changing the order of the letters.)
  • No cousins (Word found by changing only one letter.)
  • 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 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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