The word pencil 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.)

  • pencil n. (Now chiefly historical) A paintbrush.
  • pencil n. A writing utensil with a graphite (commonly referred to as lead) shaft, usually blended with clay, clad…
  • pencil n. (Optics) An aggregate or collection of rays of light, especially when diverging from, or converging to, a point.

32 valid words from 3 definitions

AGGREGATE AN AS BLENDED CHIEFLY CLAD CLAY COLLECTION COMMONLY CONVERGING DIVERGING ESPECIALLY FROM GRAPHITE HISTORICAL LEAD LIGHT NOW OF OPTICS OR PAINTBRUSH POINT RAYS REFERRED SHAFT TO USUALLY UTENSIL WHEN WITH WRITING

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

EN PE PEN

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

LI NE NEP

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

PENCEL PENSIL

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

PENICIL

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

PENCILS PENCILED PENCILER PENCILERS PENCILING PENCILLED PENCILLER PENCILINGS PENCILLERS PENCILLING PENCILLINGS

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

+A CAPELIN PANICLE PELICAN
+G CLEPING
+I PENICIL
+O PINOCLE PLEONIC
+S PENCILS SPLENIC

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

-N CLIPE
-P CLINE INCEL INCLE

Scrabble scoring

  • 10 points.

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

  • Joker allowed, 1 in 3149 chance (0.03%).
  • Joker not allowed, 1 in 16425 chance (0.01%).

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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.)
  • 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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