The word mela 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.)

  • mela n. A Hindu religious festival.
  • mela n. A South Asian fair.
  • mela- pref. Black; dark.

6 valid words from 3 definitions

BLACK DARK FAIR FESTIVAL RELIGIOUS SOUTH

2 invalid words from 3 definitions

ASIAN HINDU

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

EL LA ME MEL

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

AL ALE EM

5 anagrams (New words found by changing the order of the letters.)

ALME LAME LEAM MALE MEAL

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

MALA MEGA MELD MELL MELS MELT MESA META MOLA PELA TELA VELA

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

MEL

One epenthesis (New word found when adding only one letter.)

MELBA

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

MELAS MELANO MELAENA MELAMED MELANGE MELANIC MELANIN MELANOS MELAENAS MELAMDIM MELAMINE MELANGES MELANIAN MELANICS MELANINS MELANISE MELANISM MELANIST MELANITE MELANIZE MELANOID MELANOMA MELANOUS MELALEUCA MELAMINES MELAMPODE MELANIANS MELANISED MELANISES MELANISMS MELANISTS MELANITES MELANITIC MELANIZED MELANIZES MELANOIDS MELANOMAS MELANOSES MELANOSIS MELANOTIC MELANURIA MELANURIC MELAPHYRE MELASTOME MELATONIN MELACONITE MELALEUCAS MELAMPODES MELANAEMIA MELANCHOLY + 46 words

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

GAMELAN KAMELAS GAMELANS HOMELAND BROMELAIN EUMELANIN HOMELANDS BROMELAINS EUMELANINS HYALOMELAN PHILOMELAS HYALOMELANE HYALOMELANS KAMELAUKION PSILOMELANE HYALOMELANES KAMELAUKIONS LEPIDOMELANE PHAEOMELANIN PSILOMELANES LEPIDOMELANES PHAEOMELANINS THYMELAEACEOUS XANTHOMELANOUS ERYTHROMELALGIA

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

DUMELA KAMELA PHILOMELA

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

+B AMBLE BLAME MELBA
+C CAMEL CLAME MACLE
+D LAMED MEDAL
+F FEMAL FLAME FLEAM
+G GLEAM
+H ALMEH HEMAL
+I EMAIL MAILE
+M LEMMA
+N LEMAN
+O AMOLE
+P AMPLE MAPLE PELMA
+R LAMER MAERL MARLE REALM
+S ALMES LAMES LEAMS MALES MEALS MELAS MESAL SAMEL
+T METAL
+U ULEMA
+Y MEALY YEALM

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

-A ELM MEL
-E LAM MAL
-L AME MAE
-M ALE LEA

Scrabble scoring

  • 6 points.

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

  • Joker allowed, 1 in 40.9 chance (2.44%).
  • Joker not allowed, 1 in 130 chance (0.77%).

Other languages

  • Valid: French Spanish Italian
  • Invalid: German Romanian
  • (In French) MÊLER v. [cj. aimer].
  • (In Spanish) MELA f. Vall. Instrumento que sirve para melar, marcar el ganado lanar.
  • (In Spanish) MELAR intr. En los ingenios de azúcar, dar la segunda cochura al zumo de la caña, hasta que adquiere consistencia de miel.
  • (In Spanish) MELAR tr. Vallad. Marcar el ganado lanar después de esquilado, con instrumento apropiado impregnado en pez derretida.

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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