The word maquis 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.)

  • maquis n. (Botany) Dense Mediterranean coastal scrub.
  • maquis n. (Historical) The French resistance movement during World War II, or other similar movements elsewhere.
  • (In German) Maquis S. Geobotanik: immergrüne Buschwaldgebiete im Mittelmeerraum.

18 valid words from 3 definitions

BOTANY COASTAL DENSE DURING ELSEWHERE FRENCH HISTORICAL MEDITERRANEAN MOVEMENT MOVEMENTS OR OTHER RESISTANCE SCRUB SIMILAR THE WAR WORLD

6 invalid words from 3 definitions

BUSCHWALDGEBIETE GEOBOTANIK II IM IMMERGRUNE MITTELMEERRAUM

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

IS MA MAQUI

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

AM SI

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

UMIAQS

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

MAQUI

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

MARQUIS

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

MAQUISARD MAQUISARDS

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

+D QUIDAMS
+R MARQUIS

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

-A QUIMS
-M QUAIS QUASI
-S MAQUI UMIAQ

Scrabble scoring

  • 17 points.

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

  • Joker allowed, 1 in 9108 chance (0.01%).
  • Joker not allowed, 1 in 65700 chance.

Other languages

  • Valid: French German Spanish Italian Romanian
  • (In French) MAQUIS n.m. Formation végétale touffue.
  • (In Spanish) MAQUI m. Arbusto chileno, de la familia de las liliáceas, de unos tres metros de altura, hojas aovadas y lanceoladas, flores axilares en racimo, y fruto redondo, de unos cinco milímetros de diámetro, dulce...
  • (In Spanish) MAQUIS com. Persona que, huida a los montes, vive en rebeldía y oposición armada al sistema político establecido.

Categories without words

  • No cousins (Word found by changing only one letter.)
  • 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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