The word babel 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.)

  • babel n. Alternative form of Babel.
  • Babel prop.n. (Biblical) The city and tower in the land of Shinar where the confusion of languages took place, according…
  • Babel n. A confused mixture of sounds and voices, especially in different languages.

23 valid words from 3 definitions

ACCORDING ALTERNATIVE AND BABEL BIBLICAL CITY CONFUSED CONFUSION DIFFERENT ESPECIALLY FORM IN LAND LANGUAGES MIXTURE OF PLACE SOUNDS THE TOOK TOWER VOICES WHERE

1 invalid word from 3 definitions

SHINAR

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

AB BA BABE BE BEL EL

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

AB BA

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

BABES BABUL BAGEL LABEL

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

BABE BAEL

One epenthesis (New word found when adding only one letter.)

BARBEL

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

BABELS BABELDOM BABELISH BABELISM BABELDOMS BABELISMS BABELESQUE

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

+B BABBLE
+D DABBLE
+G GABBLE
+J JABBLE
+R BARBEL RABBLE
+S BABELS
+U BAUBLE BUBALE
+W BAWBLE WABBLE

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

-A BLEB
-B ABLE ALBE BAEL BALE BEAL BLAE
-E BLAB
-L ABBE BABE

Scrabble scoring

  • 9 points.

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

  • Joker allowed, 1 in 652 chance (0.15%).
  • Joker not allowed, 1 in 8299 chance (0.01%).

Other languages

  • Valid: French Spanish
  • Invalid: German Italian Romanian
  • (In French) BABEL n.f. Lieu qui évoque la diversité ou la confusion des langues de la tour de Babel.
  • (In Spanish) BABEL amb. fig. y fam. Lugar en que hay gran desorden y confusión o donde hablan muchos sin entenderse; por alusión a la torre de Babel.

Categories without words

  • No anagrams (Word found by changing the order of the letters.)
  • 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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