The word lying 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.)

  • lying v. Present participle of lie (“to rest in a horizontal position”).
  • lying n. The act of one who lies, or keeps low to the ground.
  • lying v. Present participle of lie (“to intentionally give false information”).

22 valid words from 3 definitions

ACT FALSE GIVE GROUND HORIZONTAL IN INFORMATION INTENTIONALLY KEEPS LIE LIES LOW OF ONE OR PARTICIPLE POSITION PRESENT REST THE TO WHO

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

IN ING YIN

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

LINGY

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

DYING EYING HYING NYING TYING VYING

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

LING

3 epenthesis (New words found when adding only one letter.)

LAYING LYSING LYTING

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

LYINGS LYINGLY

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

FLYINGS PLYINGLY BELLYINGS BULLYINGS JOLLYINGS RALLYINGS RALLYINGLY UNDERLYINGLY NONCOMPLYINGS CYBERBULLYINGS

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

CLYING FLYING PLYING ALLYING BELYING INLYING RELYING UGLYING UPLYING APPLYING BELLYING BULLYING COLLYING CULLYING DALLYING DOLLYING DUPLYING FERLYING FOLLYING GALLYING GILLYING GOLLYING GULLYING IMPLYING JEELYING JELLYING JOLLYING MISLYING OUTLYING PALLYING RALLYING REFLYING REPLYING SALLYING SULLYING TALLYING WILLYING COMPLYING FORELYING GHILLYING NONFLYING OUGHLYING OUTFLYING OVERLYING REALLYING SICKLYING SKELLYING SUPPLYING TRIPLYING TROLLYING + 31 words

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

+A GAINLY LAYING
+B BLINGY
+C CLINGY CLYING GLYCIN
+F FLYING
+G NIGGLY
+H NIGHLY
+J JINGLY
+K KINGLY
+P PLYING
+S LYINGS LYSING SINGLY SLINGY
+T GLINTY LYTING TINGLY
+U LUNGYI
+W WYLING

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

-G INLY LINY
-Y LING

Scrabble scoring

  • 9 points.

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

  • Joker allowed, 1 in 626 chance (0.16%).
  • Joker not allowed, 1 in 2766 chance (0.04%).

Other languages

Category without words

  • No words-in-word RTL (Word found written from right to left, inside 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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