The word merism is a valid scrabble word, except in North America

2 short excerpts of WikWik.org (WikWik is an online database of words defined in the English, French, Spanish, Italian, and other Wiktionnaries.)

  • merism n. (Literature, rhetoric) A reference to something by its polar extremes, as in "we searched high and low".
  • merism n. (Literature, rhetoric) A reference to something by a list of its parts.

19 valid words from 2 definitions

AND AS BY EXTREMES HIGH IN ITS LIST LITERATURE LOW OF PARTS POLAR REFERENCE RHETORIC SEARCHED SOMETHING TO WE

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

ER IS ISM ME MERI MERIS

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

EM IRE RE REM SI SIR SIRE

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

MIMERS SIMMER

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

VERISM

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

MERIS

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

MERISMS

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

DIMERISMS EUMERISMS CHIMERISMS EPIMERISMS ISOMERISMS MESMERISMS TRIMERISMS ALLOMERISMS ANTIMERISMS EUHEMERISMS HEXAMERISMS MESOMERISMS METAMERISMS POLYMERISMS CONSUMERISMS PENTAMERISMS TAUTOMERISMS TETRAMERISMS ELECTROMERISMS

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

DIMERISM EUMERISM CHIMERISM EPIMERISM ISOMERISM MESMERISM TRIMERISM ALLOMERISM ANTIMERISM EUHEMERISM HEXAMERISM MESOMERISM METAMERISM POLYMERISM CONSUMERISM PENTAMERISM TAUTOMERISM TETRAMERISM ELECTROMERISM STEREOISOMERISM

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

+A MAIMERS RAMMIES
+D DIMMERS
+E IMMERSE
+G GIMMERS MEGRIMS
+H SHIMMER
+I MIMSIER
+K KIMMERS SKIMMER
+L LIMMERS SLIMMER
+N NIMMERS
+O MEMOIRS
+P SPIMMER
+R RIMMERS
+S MERISMS SIMMERS
+T MISTERM
+U IMMURES MUMSIER RUMMIES
+W SWIMMER

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

-M EMIRS MERIS MIRES MISER RIEMS RIMES
-R MIMES
-S MIMER

Scrabble scoring

  • 10 points.

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

  • Joker allowed, 1 in 4761 chance (0.02%).
  • Joker not allowed, 1 in 65700 chance.

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Category without words

  • 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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