The word melissa is not 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.)

  • melissa n. A plant of the genus Melissa, especially lemon balm (Melissa officinalis), often used medicinally.
  • Melissa prop.n. (Greek mythology) Bee-nymph in Greek mythology.
  • Melissa prop.n. A female given name from Ancient Greek. Popular in the latter half of the 20th century.

24 valid words from 3 definitions

ANCIENT BALM BEE CENTURY ESPECIALLY FEMALE FROM GENUS GIVEN GREEK HALF IN LATTER LEMON MEDICINALLY MYTHOLOGY NAME NYMPH OF OFTEN PLANT POPULAR THE USED

3 invalid words from 3 definitions

MELISSA OFFICINALIS TH

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

EL IS LI LIS ME MEL

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

AS ASS EM SI SILE

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

AIMLESS MESAILS SAMIELS SEISMAL

One cousin (New word found by changing only one letter.)

MELISMA

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

+A MALAISES
+B ABLEISMS MISSABLE
+D MAIDLESS MISDEALS MISLEADS
+J MAJLISES
+L MAILLESS
+M MELISMAS
+N ISLESMAN
+P PESSIMAL
+R REALISMS
+X SMILAXES

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

-A MISSEL SLIMES SMILES
-E MISSAL SALMIS
-L AMISES MAISES MISSAE
-M AISLES EASSIL LAISSE LASSIE LIASES
-S EMAILS MAILES MESAIL MESIAL SAMIEL

Scrabble scoring

  • Zero, invalid.
  • 9 points, without game rules.

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  • 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.)

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