The word allow 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.)

  • allow v. (Transitive) To grant, give, admit, accord, afford, or yield; to let one have.
  • allow v. (Transitive) To acknowledge; to accept as true; to concede; to accede to an opinion.
  • allow v. (Transitive) To grant (something) as a deduction or an addition; especially to abate or deduct.

26 valid words from 3 definitions

ABATE ACCEDE ACCEPT ACCORD ACKNOWLEDGE ADDITION ADMIT AFFORD AN AS CONCEDE DEDUCT DEDUCTION ESPECIALLY GIVE GRANT HAVE LET ONE OPINION OR SOMETHING TO TRANSITIVE TRUE YIELD

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

AL ALL LO LOW OW

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

LA OLLA WO

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

ABLOW AGLOW ALLOD ALLOT ALLOY

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

ALOW

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

ALLOWS ALLOWED ALLOWING ALLOWABLE ALLOWABLY ALLOWANCE ALLOWEDLY ALLOWABLES ALLOWANCED ALLOWANCES ALLOWANCING ALLOWABILITY ALLOWABLENESS ALLOWABILITIES ALLOWABLENESSES

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

BALLOWS CALLOWS FALLOWS GALLOWS HALLOWS MALLOWS SALLOWS SALLOWY TALLOWS TALLOWY WALLOWS CALLOWER CALLOWLY FALLOWED FALLOWER GALLOWAY GALLOWED HALLOWED HALLOWER SALLOWED SALLOWER SALLOWLY SHALLOWS SWALLOWS TALLOWED WALLOWED WALLOWER CALLOWEST DISALLOWS ENWALLOWS FALLOWEST FALLOWING GALLOWAYS GALLOWING GALLOWSES HALLOWERS HALLOWING SALLOWEST SALLOWIER SALLOWING SALLOWISH SHALLOWED SHALLOWER SHALLOWLY SWALLOWED SWALLOWER TALLOWIER TALLOWING TALLOWISH UNALLOWED + 59 words

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

BALLOW CALLOW FALLOW GALLOW HALLOW MALLOW SALLOW TALLOW WALLOW SHALLOW SWALLOW DISALLOW ENWALLOW UNHALLOW DISHALLOW RESWALLOW MARSHMALLOW WOODSWALLOW

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

+B BALLOW
+C CALLOW
+F FALLOW
+G GALLOW
+H HALLOW
+M MALLOW
+P WALLOP
+S ALLOWS SALLOW
+T TALLOW
+W WALLOW

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

-L ALOW AWOL
-O WALL
-W OLLA

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 903 chance (0.11%).
  • Joker not allowed, 1 in 4149 chance (0.02%).

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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.)

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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