The word locking 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.)

  • locking v. Present participle of lock.
  • locking n. The act by which something is locked.
  • locking n. (Computing) The use of a lock or a mutex to restrict access to a part of the code to at most one process.

23 valid words from 3 definitions

ACCESS ACT AT BY CODE COMPUTING IS LOCK LOCKED MOST OF ONE OR PART PARTICIPLE PRESENT PROCESS RESTRICT SOMETHING THE TO USE WHICH

1 invalid word from 3 definitions

MUTEX

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

IN ING KI KIN KING LO LOCK

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

COL

One anagram (New word found by changing the order of the letters.)

CLOKING

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

BOCKING COCKING DOCKING HOCKING LACKING LICKING LOCOING LOOKING LUCKING MOCKING NOCKING POCKING ROCKING SOCKING TOCKING YOCKING

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

LOCKINGS

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

BLOCKINGS CLOCKINGS FLOCKINGS BOLLOCKINGS GENLOCKINGS ROLLOCKINGS OVERLOCKINGS OVERCLOCKINGS

27 prefixes (New words found by adding one or more letters in front of the word.)

BLOCKING CLOCKING FLOCKING ENLOCKING INLOCKING RELOCKING UNLOCKING UPLOCKING ARMLOCKING BELLOCKING BOLLOCKING BULLOCKING GENLOCKING PADLOCKING PORLOCKING ROLLOCKING SHYLOCKING UNBLOCKING ZIPLOCKING DEADLOCKING FORELOCKING GRIDLOCKING OVERLOCKING SHERLOCKING INTERLOCKING OVERCLOCKING ROADBLOCKING

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

+A CLOAKING
+B BLOCKING
+C CLOCKING COCKLING
+F FLOCKING
+H HOCKLING
+N CLONKING
+R ROCKLING
+S LOCKINGS

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

-G INLOCK
-L COKING

Scrabble scoring

  • 14 points.

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

  • Joker allowed, 1 in 185505 chance.
  • Joker not allowed, 1 in 1543939 chance.

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Categories without words

  • No lipograms (Word found when removing only one letter.)
  • No epentheses (Word found when adding only one 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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