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.)

• yale n. A mythical beast in European mythology and heraldry, usually portrayed as an antelope- or goat-like…
• Yale prop.n. A university in the eastern United States.
• Yale prop.n. A romanisation scheme originating from Yale University.

24 valid words from 3 definitions

AN AND ANTELOPE AS BEAST EASTERN FROM GOAT HERALDRY IN LIKE MYTHICAL MYTHOLOGY OR ORIGINATING PORTRAYED ROMANISATION SCHEME STATES THE UNITED UNIVERSITY USUALLY YALE

1 invalid word from 3 definitions

EUROPEAN

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

AL ALE YA

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

AY EL LA LAY

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

BALE DALE EALE GALE HALE KALE MALE PALE RALE SALE TALE VALE WALE YAGE YALD YARE YATE YULE

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

ALE YAE

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

YALES

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

EYALET EYALETS LOYALER ROYALET LOYALEST ROYALETS

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

+B BAYLE BELAY
+C LACEY LYCEA
+D DELAY LAYED LEADY
+E ALEYE
+F LEAFY
+G AGLEY
+H HAYLE
+K KAYLE LEAKY
+L ALLEY
+M MEALY YEALM
+N LEANY
+P AYELP
+R EARLY LAYER LEARY RAYLE RELAY
+S LYASE YALES
+V LEAVY VEALY

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

-A LEY LYE
-E LAY
-L AYE YAE YEA
-Y ALE LEA

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 40.9 chance (2.44%).
• Joker not allowed, 1 in 130 chance (0.77%).

Other languages

• Valid: Spanish Romanian
• Invalid: French German Italian

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.)

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