The word palaver 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.)

  • palaver n. (Africa) A village council meeting.
  • palaver n. (North America, archaic British) Talk, especially unnecessary talk; chatter.
  • palaver n. (Britain) Mentally-draining activity, either physical or fuss.

16 valid words from 3 definitions

ACTIVITY ARCHAIC CHATTER COUNCIL DRAINING EITHER ESPECIALLY FUSS MEETING MENTALLY NORTH OR PHYSICAL TALK UNNECESSARY VILLAGE

4 invalid words from 3 definitions

AFRICA AMERICA BRITAIN BRITISH

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

AL ALA AVE AVER ER LA LAV LAVE LAVER PA PAL

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

AL ALA ALAP LA LAP RE REV

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

PAPAVER

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

PALAVERS PALAVERED PALAVERER PALAVERERS PALAVERING

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

+C PRECAVAL
+S PALAVERS

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

-P LARVAE
-V EARLAP

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 58446 chance.
  • Joker not allowed, 1 in 385985 chance.

Other languages

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.)
  • 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.)

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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