The word ou 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.)

  • ou n. A probably extinct species of Hawaiian honeycreeper, Psittirostra psittacea.
  • ou n. (South Africa, colloquial) A fellow, guy, bloke.
  • OU prop.n. Initialism of Open University.

13 valid words from 3 definitions

BLOKE COLLOQUIAL EXTINCT FELLOW GUY HONEYCREEPER INITIALISM OF OPEN PROBABLY SOUTH SPECIES UNIVERSITY

4 invalid words from 3 definitions

AFRICA HAWAIIAN PSITTACEA PSITTIROSTRA

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

GU MU NU OB OD OE OF OH OI OK OM ON OO OP OR OS OW OX OY XU YU

1877 suffixes (New words found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

OUD OUK OUP OUR OUS OUT OUCH OUDS OUKS OULD OULK OUMA OUPA OUPH OUPS OURN OURS OUST OUTA OUTS OUZO OUBIT OUCHT OUENS OUGHT OUIJA OULKS OUMAS OUNCE OUNDY OUPAS OUPED OUPHE OUPHS OURIE OUSEL OUSTS OUTBY OUTDO OUTED OUTER OUTGO OUTRE OUTRO OUTTA OUZEL OUZOS OUBAAS OUBITS OUCHED + 1827 words

10857 times in the middle (New words found by adding letters in front and at the end of the word.)

BOUK BOUN BOUT COUP COUR DOUC DOUK DOUM DOUN DOUP DOUR DOUT DOUX FOUD FOUL FOUR FOUS GOUK GOUT HOUF HOUR HOUT JOUK JOUR LOUD LOUN LOUP LOUR LOUS LOUT MOUE MOUP MOUS NOUL NOUN NOUP NOUS NOUT POUF POUK POUR POUT ROUE ROUL ROUM ROUP ROUT ROUX SOUK SOUL + 10807 words

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

FOU LOU MOU SOU YOU CHOU CLOU MEOU THOU TROU VROU BAYOU BIJOU BITOU FOGOU MIAOU POYOU SAJOU TATOU VODOU ACAJOU ALLYOU AMADOU BINIOU BOUBOU CACHOU CONGOU COYPOU MEVROU ORIHOU PISTOU ROUCOU TAUHOU VOUDOU CARIBOU MANITOU MARABOU SAPAJOU TINAMOU TURACOU WAMEFOU WAREHOU CALLALOU CARCAJOU CARIACOU CARJACOU COUMAROU FROUFROU KABELJOU KINKAJOU + 4 words

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

+D DUO OUD UDO
+F FOU UFO
+K OUK
+L LOU
+M MOU
+P OUP UPO
+R OUR
+S OUS SOU
+T OUT
+Y YOU

Scrabble scoring

  • 2 points.

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

  • Joker allowed, 1 in 4.14 chance (24.18%).
  • Joker not allowed, 1 in 7.37 chance (13.58%).

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  • No words-in-word (Word found as is inside the word.)
  • No words-in-word RTL (Word found written from right to left, inside the word.)
  • 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.)
  • No anagrams can be formed by removing a letter (New word formed with all the letters of the word minus a 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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