The word painful is 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.)

  • painful adj. Causing pain or distress, either physical or mental.
  • painful adj. Afflicted or suffering with pain (of a body part or, formerly, of a person).
  • painful adj. Requiring effort or labor; difficult, laborious.

20 valid words from 3 definitions

AFFLICTED BODY CAUSING DIFFICULT DISTRESS EFFORT EITHER FORMERLY LABOR LABORIOUS MENTAL OF OR PAIN PART PERSON PHYSICAL REQUIRING SUFFERING WITH

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

AI AIN IN PA PAIN

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

GAINFUL PAILFUL

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

PANFUL

One epenthesis (New word found when adding only one letter.)

PLAINFUL

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

PAINFULLY PAINFULLER PAINFULLEST PAINFULNESS PAINFULNESSES

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

UNPAINFUL

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

+L PLAINFUL

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

-F PAULIN
-I PANFUL
-P INFULA

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 82701 chance.
  • Joker not allowed, 1 in 514646 chance.

Other languages

Categories without words

  • 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.)
  • Not found in the middle (Word found by adding letters in front and at the end of the word.)

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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