The word tawa 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.)

  • tawa n. (South Asia) A frying pan or griddle.
  • tawa n. Beilschmiedia tawa, a New Zealand broadleaf tree.
  • Tawa prop.n. An outer suburb of Wellington, New Zealand.

14 valid words from 3 definitions

AN BROADLEAF FRYING GRIDDLE NEW OF OR OUTER PAN SOUTH SUBURB TAWA TREE WELLINGTON

3 invalid words from 3 definitions

ASIA BEILSCHMIEDIA ZEALAND

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

AW AWA TA TAW

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

AT AW AWA WAT

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

KAWA PAWA TAHA TAKA TALA TANA TAPA TARA TAVA TAWS TAWT TAXA WAWA

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

AWA TAW TWA

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

TAWAI TAWAS TAWAIS

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

CUTAWAY GETAWAY CASTAWAY CUTAWAYS GETAWAYS HUNTAWAY THATAWAY WANTAWAY CASTAWAYS HUNTAWAYS WANTAWAYS BAGGATAWAY CATAWAMPUS LEASTAWAYS BAGGATAWAYS STRAIGHTAWAY STRAIGHTAWAYS

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

+F FATWA
+H WHATA
+I AWAIT TAWAI
+O AWATO
+P WATAP
+S TAWAS

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

-A TAW TWA WAT
-T AWA

Scrabble scoring

  • 7 points.

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

  • Joker allowed, 1 in 68.6 chance (1.46%).
  • Joker not allowed, 1 in 259 chance (0.39%).

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Categories without words

  • No anagrams (Word found by changing the order of the letters.)
  • No epentheses (Word found when adding only one letter.)
  • 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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