The word merkin 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.)

  • merkin n. A woman’s pubic wig. Worn for nude stage appearances and by women, originally after shaving their pubic…
  • merkin n. A mop for cleaning cannon.
  • merkin n. (LGBT, slang) The male counterpart of a beard, a companion to a lesbian to feign her straightness.

30 valid words from 3 definitions

AFTER AND APPEARANCES BEARD BY CANNON CLEANING COMPANION COUNTERPART FEIGN FOR HER LESBIAN MALE MOP NUDE OF ORIGINALLY PUBIC SHAVING SLANG STAGE STRAIGHTNESS THE THEIR TO WIG WOMAN WOMEN WORN

1 invalid word from 3 definitions

LGBT

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

ER ERK IN KI KIN ME MERK

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

EM RE REM

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

JERKIN MERLIN MORKIN PERKIN

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

MERKINS

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

SMERKING SLAMMERKINS

One prefix (New word found by adding one or more letters in front of the word.)

SLAMMERKIN

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

+A MANKIER RAMEKIN
+K KIRKMEN
+L KREMLIN
+O MONIKER
+S MERKINS

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

-K INERM MINER
-M INKER REINK
-R MINKE

Scrabble scoring

  • 12 points.

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

  • Joker allowed, 1 in 3396 chance (0.03%).
  • Joker not allowed, 1 in 21900 chance.

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Categories without words

  • No anagrams (Word found by changing the order of the letters.)
  • 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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