The word genus 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.)

  • genus n. (Biology, taxonomy) A category in the classification of organisms, ranking below family (Lat. familia)…
  • genus n. A group with common attributes.
  • genus n. (Topology, graph theory, algebraic geometry) A natural number representing any of several related measures…

28 valid words from 3 definitions

ALGEBRAIC ANY ATTRIBUTES BELOW BIOLOGY CATEGORY CLASSIFICATION COMMON FAMILY GEOMETRY GRAPH GROUP IN LAT MEASURES NATURAL NUMBER OF ORGANISMS RANKING RELATED REPRESENTING SEVERAL TAXONOMY THE THEORY TOPOLOGY WITH

1 invalid word from 3 definitions

FAMILIA

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

EN GEN GENU NU NUS US

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

NE NEG SUN UN

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

NEGUS

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

GENAS GENES GENTS GENUA MENUS VENUS

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

GENS GENU GNUS

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

GENIUS

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

GENUSES

One time in the middle (New word found by adding letters in front and at the end of the word.)

SUBGENUSES

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

INGENUS SUBGENUS

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

+B BESUNG
+C SCUNGE
+D NUDGES SNUDGE
+G GUNGES
+I GENIUS
+L GUNSEL LUNGES
+M MUNGES
+P SPUNGE UNPEGS
+T UNGETS
+U UNGUES

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

-E GNUS GUNS NUGS SNUG SUNG
-N GUES
-S GENU
-U ENGS GENS NEGS

Scrabble scoring

  • 6 points.

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

  • Joker allowed, 1 in 287 chance (0.35%).
  • Joker not allowed, 1 in 1037 chance (0.10%).

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