The word james 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.)

  • James prop.n. (Biblical) The twentieth book of the New Testament of the Bible, the general epistle of James.
  • James prop.n. One of two Apostles, James the Greater and James the Less, often identified with James, brother of Jesus.
  • James prop.n. A male given name from Hebrew popular since the Middle Ages. Also a common middle name.

32 valid words from 3 definitions

AGES ALSO AND APOSTLES BIBLE BIBLICAL BOOK BROTHER COMMON EPISTLE FROM GENERAL GIVEN GREATER IDENTIFIED JAMES JESUS LESS MALE MIDDLE NAME NEW OF OFTEN ONE POPULAR SINCE TESTAMENT THE TWENTIETH TWO WITH

1 invalid word from 3 definitions

HEBREW

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

AM AME AMES ES JA JAM ME MES

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

EM MA

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

CAMES DAMES FAMES GAMES HAMES JADES JAKES JAMBS JANES JAPES KAMES LAMES NAMES SAMES TAMES WAMES

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

AMES JAMS

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

JAMBES

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

JAMESES

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

+B JAMBES
+T JETSAM MATJES

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

-E JAMS
-J AMES MAES MASE MESA SAME SEAM

Scrabble scoring

  • 14 points.

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

  • Joker allowed, 1 in 679 chance (0.15%).
  • Joker not allowed, 1 in 4149 chance (0.02%).

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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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