The word pretext 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.)

  • pretext n. A false, contrived, or assumed purpose or reason; a pretense.
  • pretext v. To employ a pretext, which involves using a false or contrived purpose for soliciting the gain of something else.
  • (In Dutch) pretext n. Voorwendsel.

20 valid words from 3 definitions

ASSUMED CONTRIVED ELSE EMPLOY FALSE FOR GAIN INVOLVES OF OR PRETENSE PRETEXT PURPOSE REASON SOLICITING SOMETHING THE TO USING WHICH

1 invalid word from 3 definitions

VOORWENDSEL

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

ET EX PRE RE RET RETE TE TEX TEXT

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

ER ET TE

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

PRETEST

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

PRETEXTS PRETEXTED PRETEXTING PRETEXTINGS

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

+S PRETEXTS

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

-P TEXTER
-T EXPERT
-X PETTER

Scrabble scoring

  • 16 points.

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

  • Joker allowed, 1 in 138586 chance.
  • Joker not allowed, 1 in 1347438 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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