The word tern 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.)

  • tern n. Any of various seabirds of the subfamily Sternidae (of the family Laridae) that are similar to gulls…
  • tern n. (Dated or obsolete) A thing with three components; a set of three things.
  • tern adj. (Chiefly botany, rare) Consisting of three components; ternate, threefold, triple.

28 valid words from 3 definitions

ANY ARE BOTANY CHIEFLY COMPONENTS CONSISTING DATED FAMILY GULLS OBSOLETE OF OR RARE SEABIRDS SET SIMILAR SUBFAMILY TERNATE THAT THE THING THINGS THREE THREEFOLD TO TRIPLE VARIOUS WITH

2 invalid words from 3 definitions

LARIDAE STERNIDAE

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

ER ERN TE

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

ET RE RET

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

RENT

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

DERN FERN HERN KERN PERN TARN TEEN TEIN TERF TERM TORN TURN

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

ERN TEN

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

TERNE TERNS TERNAL TERNED TERNES TERNARY TERNATE TERNING TERNION TERNIONS TERNARIES TERNATELY TERNEPLATE TERNEPLATES

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

ETERNE STERNA STERNS ALTERNE ETERNAL EXTERNE EXTERNS INTERNE INTERNS STERNAL STERNED STERNER STERNLY STERNUM ALTERNAT ALTERNES ASTERNAL BITTERNS CISTERNA CISTERNS CITTERNS ETERNALS ETERNISE ETERNITY ETERNIZE EXTERNAL EXTERNAT EXTERNES GITTERNS INTERNAL INTERNED INTERNEE INTERNES INTERNET LANTERNS LECTERNS LETTERNS MATERNAL PASTERNS PATERNAL PATTERNS POSTERNS SALTERNS SAUTERNE STERNAGE STERNEST STERNING STERNITE STERNSON STERNUMS + 344 words

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

STERN ALTERN ASTERN EXTERN INTERN BITTERN CISTERN CITTERN EASTERN GITTERN LANTERN LECTERN LETTERN PASTERN PATTERN POSTERN SALTERN TESTERN WESTERN YESTERN FLITTERN QUARTERN SLATTERN REPATTERN SUBALTERN MIDWESTERN MORGENSTERN SUPERALTERN NORTHEASTERN NORTHWESTERN SOUTHEASTERN SOUTHWESTERN

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

+A ANTRE EARNT
+B BRENT
+D DRENT TREND
+E ENTER RENTE TERNE TREEN
+I INERT INTER NITER NITRE TRINE
+O NOTER RONTE TENOR TONER TRONE
+P PRENT
+S NERTS RENTS STERN TERNS
+U TUNER URENT
+Y ENTRY YRENT
+Z NERTZ

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

-N RET
-R NET TEN
-T ERN REN

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 18.9 chance (5.30%).
  • Joker not allowed, 1 in 43.2 chance (2.31%).

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Category without words

  • No epentheses (Word found when adding only one letter.)

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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