The word hypercorrection 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.)

  • hypercorrection n. (Linguistics) Nonstandard language use that results from the over-application of a perceived prescriptive rule.
  • hypercorrection n. (Linguistics) A nonstandard form so used.
  • (In French) hypercorrection n.f. (Linguistique) Usage fautif d’une forme linguistique qui…

19 valid words from 3 definitions

APPLICATION FORM FORME FROM LANGUAGE LINGUISTICS NONSTANDARD OF OVER PERCEIVED PRESCRIPTIVE RESULTS RULE SO THAT THE USAGE USE USED

4 invalid words from 3 definitions

FAUTIF LINGUISTIQUE QUI UNE

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

COR CORRECT CORRECTION ER HYP HYPE HYPER HYPERCORRECT IO ION ON OR PE PER PERC RE REC RECTI RECTION TI

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

CREPY ER ERR IT NO OI RE REP ROC

Scrabble scoring

  • 27 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.)
  • No suffixes (Word found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)
  • 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.)

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