The word 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.)

• scytale n. (Historical) A cylinder with a strip of parchment wound around it on which a message is written, used…

• Scytale prop.n. Agkistrodon, a genus of venomous pit vipers.

• (In French) scytale n.f. Encodage dont se servaient les Lacédémoniens pour écrire…

20 valid words from 3 definitions

AROUND CYLINDER GENUS HISTORICAL IS IT MESSAGE OF ON PARCHMENT PIT POUR STRIP USED VENOMOUS VIPERS WHICH WITH WOUND WRITTEN

8 invalid words from 3 definitions

AGKISTRODON DONT ECRIRE ENCODAGE LACEDEMONIENS LES SE SERVAIENT

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

AL ALE TA TALE

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

AT EL LA LAT

One anagram (New word found by changing the order of the letters.)

ACETYLS

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

SCYTALES

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

+A ACYLATES CATALYSE
+H CHASTELY
+I CLAYIEST
+N SECANTLY
+O ACOLYTES
+S SCYTALES

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

-A CETYLS
-C ASTELY LYSATE SLATEY
-L CYTASE
-S ACETYL
-Y CASTLE CLEATS ECLATS LACETS SCLATE

Scrabble scoring

• 12 points.

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

• Joker allowed, 1 in 63089 chance.
• Joker not allowed, 1 in 385985 chance.

Other languages

• Valid: French
• Invalid: German Spanish Italian Romanian
• (In French) SCYTALE n.f. Antiq. gr. Message chiffré enroulé autour d’un bâton.

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.)
• 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.)

Recommended websites

• Visit WikWik.org - the word is in the WikWik, see all the details (3 definitions).
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• www.BestWordClub.com to play duplicate online scrabble.
• Ortograf.ws to look for words.

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