The word calque 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.)

  • calque n. (Linguistics, translation studies) A word or phrase in a language formed by word-for-word or morpheme-by-morpheme…
  • calque v. (Linguistics, translation studies) To adopt (a word or phrase) from one language to another by semantic…
  • (In Dutch) calque n. (Techniek) een op doorzichtig linnen of papier gemaakte overtrek…

21 valid words from 3 definitions

ADOPT ANOTHER BY EEN FOR FORMED FROM IN LANGUAGE LINGUISTICS MORPHEME OF ONE OP OR PHRASE SEMANTIC STUDIES TO TRANSLATION WORD

6 invalid words from 3 definitions

DOORZICHTIG GEMAAKTE LINNEN OVERTREK PAPIER TECHNIEK

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

AL CAL

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

LA LAC

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

CLAQUE

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

CAIQUE CASQUE

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

CALQUED CALQUES

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

+D CALQUED
+K QUACKLE
+O COEQUAL
+R CLAQUER LACQUER
+S CALQUES CLAQUES
+Y LACQUEY

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

-C EQUAL QUALE

Scrabble scoring

  • 17 points.

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

  • Joker allowed, 1 in 6941 chance (0.01%).
  • Joker not allowed, 1 in 49275 chance.

Other languages

Categories without words

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