The word jap 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.)

  • jap v. (North America, ethnic slur, slang, transitive) To carry out a sneak attack upon (something or somebody).
  • Jap n. (Countable, derogatory, offensive, ethnic slur, US) A Japanese person.
  • Jap n. (Uncountable, offensive, slang, ethnic slur) The Japanese language.

22 valid words from 3 definitions

ATTACK CARRY COUNTABLE DEROGATORY ETHNIC LANGUAGE NORTH OFFENSIVE OR OUT PERSON SLANG SLUR SNEAK SOMEBODY SOMETHING THE TO TRANSITIVE UNCOUNTABLE UPON US

2 invalid words from 3 definitions

AMERICA JAPANESE

One word in word (Word found as is inside the word.)

JA

One word-in-word RTL (Word found written from right to left, inside the word.)

PA

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

BAP CAP DAP FAP GAP HAP JAB JAG JAI JAK JAM JAR JAW JAY LAP MAP NAP PAP RAP SAP TAP WAP YAP ZAP

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

JA

4 epenthesis (New words found when adding only one letter.)

JAAP JARP JASP JAUP

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

JAPE JAPS JAPAN JAPED JAPER JAPES JAPANS JAPERS JAPERY JAPING JAPPED JAPINGS JAPPING JAPANISE JAPANIZE JAPANNED JAPANNER JAPERIES JAPINGLY JAPONICA JAPANISED JAPANISES JAPANIZED JAPANIZES JAPANNERS JAPANNING JAPONICAS JAPANISING JAPANIZING JAPONAISERIE JAPONAISERIES

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

CAJAPUT CAJAPUTS JIPIJAPA JIPIJAPAS

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

+A JAAP
+E JAPE
+R JARP
+S JAPS JASP
+U JAUP PUJA

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

-J PA
-P JA

Scrabble scoring

  • 12 points.

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

  • Joker allowed, 1 in 52.5 chance (1.90%).
  • Joker not allowed, 1 in 257 chance (0.39%).

Other languages

Categories without words

  • No anagrams (Word found by changing the order of the letters.)
  • No prefixes (Word found by adding one or more letters in front 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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