The word recess 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.)

  • recess n. (Archaic) A withdrawing or retiring; a moving back.
  • recess n. A place of retirement, retreat, secrecy, or seclusion.
  • recess n. A small space created by building part of a wall further back from the rest.

23 valid words from 3 definitions

ARCHAIC BACK BUILDING BY CREATED FROM FURTHER MOVING OF OR PART PLACE REST RETIREMENT RETIRING RETREAT SECLUSION SECRECY SMALL SPACE THE WALL WITHDRAWING

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

CESS ES ESS RE REC

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

ER SEC

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

CESSER SCREES

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

RECESSED RECESSES RECESSING RECESSION RECESSIVE RECESSIONS RECESSIVES RECESSIONAL RECESSIVELY RECESSIONALS RECESSIONARY RECESSIONISTA RECESSIVENESS RECESSIONISTAS RECESSIVENESSES

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

PRECESSED PRECESSES PRECESSING PRECESSION PRECESSIONS PRECESSIONAL PRERECESSION ANTIRECESSION POSTRECESSION PRECESSIONALLY

One prefix (New word found by adding one or more letters in front of the word.)

PRECESS

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

+A CREASES SEARCES
+D SCREEDS
+E CREESES
+I CERISES
+L SCLERES
+N CENSERS SCERNES SCREENS SECERNS
+P PRECESS
+S CESSERS CRESSES
+T CRESSET RESECTS SCREETS SECRETS
+U CERUSES CESURES RECUSES RESCUES SECURES

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

-C ERSES RESES SEERS SERES
-E CRESS
-R CESSE
-S CERES CREES SCREE

Scrabble scoring

  • 8 points.

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

  • Joker allowed, 1 in 6413 chance (0.02%).
  • Joker not allowed, 1 in 35836 chance.

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Categories without words

  • 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.)

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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