The word erlang is a valid scrabble word, except in North America

2 short excerpts of WikWik.org (WikWik is an online database of words defined in the English, French, Spanish, Italian, and other Wiktionnaries.)

  • erlang n. (Communication) A dimensionless statistical measure of the volume of telecommunications traffic relative…
  • (In German) erlang V. 2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs erlangen.

12 valid words from 2 definitions

COMMUNICATION DIMENSIONLESS MEASURE OF PERSON RELATIVE SINGULAR STATISTICAL THE TRAFFIC VERBS VOLUME

6 invalid words from 2 definitions

AKTIV DES ERLANGEN IMPERATIV PRASENS TELECOMMUNICATIONS

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

AN ER LA LANG

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

AL NA RE

4 anagrams (New words found by changing the order of the letters.)

ANGLER LANGER LARGEN REGNAL

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

ERLANGS

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

+A ALNAGER
+B BRANGLE
+C CLANGER GLANCER
+D DANGLER GNARLED
+E ENLARGE GENERAL GLEANER
+F FLANGER
+G GANGREL
+I ALIGNER ENGRAIL LAERING LEARING NARGILE REALIGN REGINAL
+J JANGLER
+L LANGREL
+M MANGLER
+P GRAPNEL
+S ANGLERS ERLANGS LANGERS LARGENS SLANGER
+T TANGLER TRANGLE
+U GRANULE
+W WANGLER WRANGLE
+Y ANGERLY

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

-E GNARL
-G LEARN NERAL RENAL
-L ANGER RANGE REGNA RENGA
-N ARGLE GLARE LAGER LARGE REGAL
-R ANGEL ANGLE GENAL GLEAN

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 982 chance (0.10%).
  • Joker not allowed, 1 in 3650 chance (0.03%).

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Categories without words

  • No cousins (Word found by changing only one letter.)
  • 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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