The word tercio 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.)

  • tercio n. (Bullfighting) Any of the three stages of a bullfight: the vara, the banderilla and finally the death.
  • tercio n. (Military) A mutually supportive infantry formation made up of pikemen, swordsmen and arquebusiers or musketeers.
  • (In French) tercio n.m. (Tauromachie) Une des trois phases composant une lidia (combat).

27 valid words from 3 definitions

AND ANY ARQUEBUSIERS BANDERILLA BULLFIGHT BULLFIGHTING COMBAT DEATH FINALLY FORMATION INFANTRY MADE MILITARY MUSKETEERS MUTUALLY OF OR PHASES PIKEMEN STAGES SUPPORTIVE SWORDSMEN THE THREE TROIS UP VARA

5 invalid words from 3 definitions

COMPOSANT DES LIDIA TAUROMACHIE UNE

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

ER IO TE

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

ET OI RE RET

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

EROTIC

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

TERCIOS

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

+A EROTICA
+C CEROTIC ORECTIC
+D CORDITE
+E COTERIE
+G ERGOTIC
+H ROTCHIE THEORIC
+K TOCKIER
+L CORTILE
+M MORTICE
+N COINTER NOTICER RECTION
+P PTEROIC
+S CORSITE EROTICS TERCIOS
+T COTTIER
+V EVICTOR
+W COWRITE
+X EXCITOR XEROTIC

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

-E TORIC
-I RECTO
-O CITER RECIT RECTI TRICE

Scrabble scoring

  • 8 points.

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

  • Joker allowed, 1 in 720 chance (0.14%).
  • Joker not allowed, 1 in 2737 chance (0.04%).

Other languages

  • Valid: Spanish
  • Invalid: French German Italian Romanian
  • (In Spanish) TERCIO adj. tercero, que sigue al segundo.
  • (In Spanish) TERCIO m. Cada una de las tres partes iguales en que se divide un todo.
  • (In Spanish) TERCIAR tr. Poner una cosa atravesada diagonalmente o al sesgo, o ladearla.

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.)

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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