The word ragu is a valid scrabble word, except in North America

3 short excerpts of WikWik.org (WikWik is an online database of words defined in the English, French, Spanish, Italian, and other Wiktionnaries.)

  • ragu n. Alternative spelling of ragù.
  • ragù n. An Italian pasta sauce containing ground meat cooked with sautéed vegetables in tomato sauce or some…

18 valid words from 3 definitions

ALTERNATIVE AN CONTAINING COOKED GROUND IN MEAT OF OR PASTA RAGU SAUCE SAUTEED SOME SPELLING TOMATO VEGETABLES WITH

2 invalid words from 3 definitions

HAMBRE ITALIAN

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

AG GU RAG

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

AR GAR UG

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

GAUR GUAR RUGA

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

KAGU RAGA RAGE RAGG RAGI RAGS RAKU RATU

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

RAG

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

RAGUS RAGULY RAGULED

13 times in the middle (New words found by adding letters in front and at the end of the word.)

TRAGUS PIRAGUA TRAGULE CHORAGUS PIRAGUAS TRAGULES WARRAGUL ASPARAGUS TRAGULINE WARRAGULS ANTITRAGUS CHORAGUSES ASPARAGUSES

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

+D GUARD
+E ARGUE AUGER RUGAE
+L GLAUR GULAR RUGAL
+M GARUM
+O GOURA
+S ARGUS GAURS GUARS RAGUS SUGAR
+T TUGRA
+U AUGUR

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

-A GUR RUG
-R GAU
-U GAR RAG

Scrabble scoring

  • 5 points.

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

  • Joker allowed, 1 in 57.9 chance (1.73%).
  • Joker not allowed, 1 in 173 chance (0.58%).

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Categories without words

  • No epentheses (Word found when adding only one letter.)
  • 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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