The word 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.)

wels n. The wels catfish (Silurus glanis).
Wels prop.n. A city in Wels-Land District, Upper Austria, Austria, south-west of Linz.

(In German) Wels S. Fisch der Gattung Silurus oder der Familie Siluridae.

11 valid words from 3 definitions

CATFISH CITY DISTRICT IN LAND OF SOUTH THE UPPER WELS WEST

10 invalid words from 3 definitions

AUSTRIA DER FAMILIE FISCH GATTUNG GLANIS LINZ ODER SILURIDAE SILURUS

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

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

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

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

BELS CELS DELS EELS GELS MELS PELS SELS TELS WEBS WEDS WEES WELD WELK WELL WELT WEMS WENS WETS WEYS ZELS

One lipogram (New word found when removing only one letter.)

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

WEALS WEELS WEILS WELDS WELKS WELLS WELTS WIELS

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

WELSH WELSHED WELSHER WELSHES WELSHERS WELSHING

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

BOWELS DOWELS JEWELS NEWELS ROWELS SEWELS TEWELS TOWELS VOWELS CREWELS KNAWELS SHEWELS THOWELS TROWELS BEJEWELS EMBOWELS DISBOWELS DISHTOWELS HANDTOWELS SEMIVOWELS DISEMBOWELS DISEMVOWELS

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

+A ALEWS SWALE SWEAL WALES WEALS
+C CLEWS
+D WELDS
+E SEWEL SWEEL WEELS
+F FLEWS
+H WELSH
+I LEWIS LWEIS SWILE WEILS WIELS WILES
+K WELKS
+L SWELL WELLS
+M MEWLS
+O LOWES LOWSE SOWLE SWOLE
+P PLEWS
+S SLEWS
+T SWELT WELTS
+Y WYLES

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

-L SEW
-S LEW
-W ELS SEL

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 81.9 chance (1.22%).
Joker not allowed, 1 in 292 chance (0.34%).

Other languages

Valid: German
Invalid: French Spanish Italian Romanian

Category without words

Not found in the middle (Word found by adding letters in front and at the end of the word.)

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