The word periastron 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.)

  • periastron n. (Astronomy) That point of the orbit of a celestial body which is closest to the star around which the…
  • (In German) Periastron S. Astronomie: Punkt auf der Umlaufbahn eines Doppelstern-Partners…

16 valid words from 2 definitions

AROUND ASTRONOMY AUF BODY CELESTIAL CLOSEST IS OF ORBIT PARTNERS POINT STAR THAT THE TO WHICH

6 invalid words from 2 definitions

ASTRONOMIE DER DOPPELSTERN EINES PUNKT UMLAUFBAHN

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

AS ER ON PE PER PERI RIA RIAS ST TRON

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

AI AIR IRE NO NOR OR ORT ORTS RE REP SAI SAIR

2 anagrams (New words found by changing the order of the letters.)

PATRONISER PRETORIANS

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

PERIASTRONS

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

+A PRAETORIANS REPARATIONS
+D PROTANDRIES
+I RESPIRATION RETINISPORA
+L TRIPERSONAL
+O PERORATIONS RETINOSPORA
+S PATRONISERS PERIASTRONS
+T ANTIPORTERS
+W POWERTRAINS
+Z PATRONIZERS

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

-I PROSTERNA
-N PRIORATES
-O PRETRAINS TERRAPINS TRANSPIRE
-P SERRATION
-R ATROPINES ISOPTERAN PATRONISE
-S PRETORIAN

Scrabble scoring

  • 12 points.

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  • 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.)

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