The word tantalus 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.)

  • tantalus n. A stork of the genus Mycteria (formerly Tantalus), especially the American wood stork, Mycteria americana.
  • tantalus n. A stand in which to lock up drink decanters while keeping them visible.
  • tantalus n. Something of an evasive or retreating nature, something consistently out of reach; a tantalising thing.

31 valid words from 3 definitions

AN CONSISTENTLY DECANTERS DRINK ESPECIALLY EVASIVE FORMERLY GENUS IN KEEPING LOCK NATURE OF OR OUT REACH RETREATING SOMETHING STAND STORK TANTALISING TANTALUS THE THEM THING TO UP VISIBLE WHICH WHILE WOOD

3 invalid words from 3 definitions

AMERICAN AMERICANA MYCTERIA

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

AL ALU ALUS AN ANT ANTA TA TALUS TAN US

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

AT LA LAT NA NAT

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

TALAUNTS

One cousin (New word found by changing only one letter.)

TANTALUM

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

TANTALOUS TANTALUMS

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

TANTALUSES

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

+E SULTANATE
+M TANTALUMS
+O TANTALOUS

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

-S TALAUNT
-T SULTANA
-U SALTANT TALANTS

Scrabble scoring

  • 8 points.

Other languages

Categories without words

  • No lipograms (Word found when removing 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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