The word hottentot 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.)

  • Hottentot n. (Archaic, now offensive) A member of the Khoekhoe group of peoples.
  • Hottentot n. (Archaic, loosely, now offensive) A member of the broader Khoisan group of peoples.
  • Hottentot n. Any of several fish of the genus Pachymetopon, in the family Sparidae.

16 valid words from 3 definitions

ANY ARCHAIC BROADER FAMILY FISH GENUS GROUP IN LOOSELY MEMBER NOW OF OFFENSIVE PEOPLES SEVERAL THE

4 invalid words from 3 definitions

KHOEKHOE KHOISAN PACHYMETOPON SPARIDAE

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

EN HO HOT TE TEN TENT TO TOT

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

ET NE NET NETT OH TO TOT

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

HOTTENTOTS

One anagram plus one (New word formed with all the letters from the word plus a letter.)

+S HOTTENTOTS

Scrabble scoring

  • 12 points.

Other languages

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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