The word tale 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.)

  • tale n. An account of an asserted fact or circumstance; a rumour; a report, especially an idle or malicious…
  • tale n. A rehearsal of what has occurred; narrative; discourse; statement; history; story.
  • tale n. A number told or counted off; a reckoning by count; an enumeration.

29 valid words from 3 definitions

ACCOUNT AN ASSERTED BY CIRCUMSTANCE COUNT COUNTED DISCOURSE ENUMERATION ESPECIALLY FACT HAS HISTORY IDLE MALICIOUS NARRATIVE NUMBER OCCURRED OF OFF OR RECKONING REHEARSAL REPORT RUMOUR STATEMENT STORY TOLD WHAT

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

AL ALE TA

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

AT EL LA LAT

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

LATE LEAT TAEL TEAL TELA

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

BALE DALE EALE GALE HALE KALE MALE PALE RALE SALE TACE TAKE TALA TALC TALI TALK TALL TAME TANE TAPE TARE TASE TATE TELE TILE TOLE TULE VALE WALE YALE

2 lipograms (New words found when removing only one letter.)

ALE TAE

2 epenthesis (New words found when adding only one letter.)

TABLE THALE

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

TALEA TALER TALES TALEAE TALENT TALERS TALEFUL TALENTS TALEGGIO TALENTED TALESMAN TALESMEN TALEYSIM TALEGALLA TALEGGIOS TALEBEARER TALEGALLAS TALENTLESS TALETELLER TALEBEARERS TALEBEARING TALETELLERS TALETELLING TALEBEARINGS TALETELLINGS

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

STALED STALER STALES METALED PETALED POTALES STALELY STALEST TOTALED CROTALES DAYTALER DAYTALES PANTALET PORTALED SCYTALES CATALEPSY CATALEXES CATALEXIS DAYTALERS FOLKTALES MALTALENT MENTALESE PANTALEON PANTALETS RETOTALED STALEMATE STALENESS TELLTALES VISTALESS ACATALEPSY CARRYTALES CATALECTIC CATALEPTIC HOSPITALER HOSPITALES MALTALENTS MENTALESES METALEPSES METALEPSIS METALEPTIC PANTALEONS PEDESTALED STALEMATED STALEMATES SUBTOTALED TEETOTALED TEETOTALER UNTALENTED ACATALECTIC ACATALEPTIC + 22 words

11 prefixes (New words found by adding one or more letters in front of the word.)

STALE POTALE CROTALE DAYTALE SCYTALE FOLKTALE TELLTALE CARRYTALE FAIRYTALE HOSPITALE TATTLETALE

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

+A ALATE TALEA
+B ABLET BLATE BLEAT TABLE
+C CLEAT ECLAT LACET
+D DEALT DELTA LATED
+E ELATE TELAE
+F ALEFT FETAL
+G AGLET
+H ETHAL LATHE THALE
+I TELIA
+K LATKE
+M METAL
+N LATEN LEANT
+P LEAPT LEPTA PALET PELTA PETAL PLATE PLEAT TEPAL
+R ALERT ALTER ARTEL LATER RATEL TALER
+S LEAST LEATS SALET SETAL SLATE STALE STEAL STELA TAELS TALES TEALS TESLA
+T LATTE
+U LUTEA
+V VALET
+X EXALT LATEX

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

-A ELT LET TEL
-E ALT LAT
-L ATE EAT ETA TAE TEA
-T ALE LEA

Scrabble scoring

  • 4 points.

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

  • Joker allowed, 1 in 18.4 chance (5.45%).
  • Joker not allowed, 1 in 43.2 chance (2.31%).

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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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