The word 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.)

• nyanza n. (Africa) A sheet of water, or marsh.
• nyanza n. (Africa) The river feeding a lake.

9 valid words from 2 definitions

FEEDING LAKE MARSH OF OR RIVER SHEET THE WATER

1 invalid word from 2 definitions

AFRICA

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

AN NY YA ZA

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

AY NA NAY

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

NYANZAS

One anagram plus one (New word formed with all the letters from the word plus a letter.)

+S NYANZAS

Scrabble scoring

• 18 points.

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

• Joker allowed, 1 in 16520 chance (0.01%).
• Joker not allowed, 1 in 157679 chance.

Other languages

• Invalid: French German Spanish Italian Romanian

Categories without words

• No anagrams (Word found by changing the order of the letters.)
• No cousins (Word found by changing only one letter.)
• No lipograms (Word found when removing only one letter.)
• No epentheses (Word found when adding only one letter.)
• 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.)
• No anagrams can be formed by removing a letter (New word formed with all the letters of the word minus a letter.)

Recommended websites

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