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

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

  • jambo n. Obsolete form of jambul.
  • Jambo n. (UK, slang) A member or fan of Heart of Midlothian F.C., a Scottish football club.
  • (In Spanish) jambo v. Primera persona del singular (yo) del presente de indicativo de jambarse.

16 valid words from 3 definitions

CLUB DE DEL FAN FOOTBALL FORM HEART JAMBUL MEMBER OBSOLETE OF OR PERSONA SINGULAR SLANG YO

7 invalid words from 3 definitions

INDICATIVO JAMBARSE MIDLOTHIAN PRESENTE PRIMERA SCOTTISH UK

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

AM AMBO BO JA JAM JAMB

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

MA OB

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

GAMBO JAMBE JAMBS JAMBU JUMBO MAMBO SAMBO

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

AMBO JAMB

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

JAMBOK JAMBOKS JAMBONE JAMBOOL JAMBOLAN JAMBONES JAMBOOLS JAMBOREE JAMBOKKED JAMBOLANA JAMBOLANS JAMBOREES JAMBOKKING JAMBOLANAS

6 times in the middle (New words found by adding letters in front and at the end of the word.)

SJAMBOK SJAMBOKS SJAMBOKED SJAMBOKING SJAMBOKKED SJAMBOKKING

One anagram plus one (New word formed with all the letters from the word plus a letter.)

+K JAMBOK

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

-J AMBO BOMA
-O JAMB

Scrabble scoring

  • 16 points.

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

  • Joker allowed, 1 in 1727 chance (0.06%).
  • Joker not allowed, 1 in 12448 chance (0.01%).

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Categories without words

  • No anagrams (Word found by changing the order of the letters.)
  • No epentheses (Word found when adding only one letter.)
  • 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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