The word silphium 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.)

  • silphium n. (Historical) A plant, thought to be extinct, used in Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome in cooking and…
  • Silphium prop.n. A taxonomic genus within the family Asteraceae – rosinweed.
  • (In French) silphium n.m. Gomme résine de la Cyrénaïque, très estimée des Anciens.

21 valid words from 3 definitions

ANCIENT AND BE COOKING DE EXTINCT FAMILY GENUS GREECE HISTORICAL IN LA PLANT ROSINWEED TAXONOMIC THE THOUGHT TO TRES USED WITHIN

8 invalid words from 3 definitions

ANCIENS ASTERACEAE CYRENAIQUE DES ESTIMEE GOMME RESINE ROME

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

HI PHI SI UM

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

IS LI LIS MU

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

SILPHIUMS

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

+S SILPHIUMS

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

-I LUMPISH
-M HUIPILS

Scrabble scoring

  • 15 points.

Other languages

Categories without words

  • No anagrams (Word found by changing the order of the letters.)
  • 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.)

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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