The word mal 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.)

  • mal n. (Only in set phrases) illness, affliction.
  • mal n. (Surfing) A longboard (type of surfboard).
  • mal n. (Medicine, informal) A malleolus.

14 valid words from 3 definitions

AFFLICTION ILLNESS IN INFORMAL LONGBOARD MALLEOLUS MEDICINE OF ONLY PHRASES SET SURFBOARD SURFING TYPE

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

AL MA

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

AM LA LAM

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

LAM

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

AAL BAL CAL DAL GAL MAA MAC MAD MAE MAG MAK MAM MAN MAP MAR MAS MAT MAW MAX MAY MEL MIL MOL PAL SAL

2 lipograms (New words found when removing only one letter.)

AL MA

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

MAIL MALL MARL MAUL MEAL MYAL

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

MALA MALE MALI MALL MALM MALS MALT MALAM MALAR MALAS MALAX MALES MALIC MALIK MALIS MALLS MALMS MALMY MALTS MALTY MALUS MALVA MALWA MALADY MALAMS MALARS MALATE MALEIC MALFED MALGRE MALIBU MALICE MALIGN MALIKS MALINE MALISM MALIST MALKIN MALLAM MALLED MALLEE MALLEI MALLET MALLOW MALMAG MALOTI MALTED MALTHA MALTOL MALVAS + 342 words

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

SMALL SMALM SMALT BUMALO FEMALE FEMALS HAMALS KAMALA ROMALS RUMALS SMALLS SMALMS SMALMY SMALTI SMALTO SMALTS TAMALE TAMALS AMALGAM ANIMALS ANOMALY BROMALS BUMMALO DISMALS FEMALES FORMALS GIMMALS GYMMALS HAMMALS HARMALA KAMALAS MAHMALS MAMMALS NORMALS SCHMALZ SHAMALS SHEMALE SHMALTZ SMALLED SMALLER SMALMED SMALTOS TAMALES WADMALS YAMALKA AMALGAMS ANIMALIC ANIMALLY ANTIMALE BUMALOTI + 436 words

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

COMAL DOMAL FEMAL HAMAL HEMAL RAMAL ROMAL RUMAL TAMAL ANIMAL BROMAL BRUMAL DERMAL DISMAL FORMAL GIMMAL GYMMAL HAEMAL HAMMAL HIEMAL MAHMAL MAMMAL NORMAL PRIMAL SHAMAL STOMAL VERMAL WADMAL ABYSMAL CERAMAL CHASMAL DECIMAL INTIMAL MAXIMAL MIASMAL MINIMAL OPTIMAL SEISMAL SERUMAL STIGMAL STROMAL THERMAL ABNORMAL AXONEMAL CHIASMAL CHRISMAL CUSTUMAL EPISOMAL EXTREMAL HICKYMAL + 149 words

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

+A ALMA AMLA LAMA MALA
+B BALM BLAM LAMB
+C CALM CLAM
+E ALME LAME LEAM MALE MEAL MELA
+F FLAM
+G GLAM
+H HALM
+I LIMA MAIL MALI
+L MALL
+M MALM
+O LOAM LOMA MOLA
+P LAMP PALM
+R MARL
+S ALMS LAMS MALS SLAM
+T MALT
+U ALUM LUMA MAUL
+Y AMYL LYAM MYAL

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

-L AM MA
-M AL LA

Scrabble scoring

  • 5 points.

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

  • Joker allowed, 1 in 21.9 chance (4.57%).
  • Joker not allowed, 1 in 64.2 chance (1.56%).

Other languages

  • Valid: French German Spanish Italian Romanian
  • (In French) MAL (pl. MALS ou MAUX) n.m. et adv.
  • (In Spanish) MAL adj. Apóc. de malo. Solo se usa antepuesto al sustantivo masculino.
  • (In Spanish) MAL m. Lo contrario al bien; lo que se aparta de lo lícito y honesto.
  • (In Spanish) MAL adv. m. Contrariamente a lo que es debido; sin razón, imperfecta o desacertadamente; de mala manera.

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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