The word herring 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.)

  • herring n. A type of small, oily fish of the genus Clupea, often used as food.
  • herring n. Fish in the family Clupeidae.
  • herring n. Fish similar to those in genus Clupea, many of those in the order Clupeiformes.

18 valid words from 3 definitions

AS FAMILY FISH FOOD GENUS IN MANY OF OFTEN OILY ORDER SIMILAR SMALL THE THOSE TO TYPE USED

3 invalid words from 3 definitions

CLUPEA CLUPEIDAE CLUPEIFORMES

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

ER ERR ERRING HE HER IN ING RIN RING

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

EH RE REH

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

HEARING HEIRING HERDING HERLING HERYING SERRING

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

ERRING

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

HERRYING

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

HERRINGS HERRINGER HERRINGERS HERRINGBONE HERRINGBONED HERRINGBONES HERRINGBONING

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

+A HANGRIER
+I REHIRING
+S HERRINGS
+U HUNGRIER
+Y HERRYING

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

-H ERRING GIRNER RINGER
-R HINGER NIGHER

Scrabble scoring

  • 11 points.

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

  • Joker allowed, 1 in 52355 chance.
  • Joker not allowed, 1 in 274478 chance.

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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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