The word merit 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.)

  • merit n. (Countable) A claim to commendation or a reward.
  • merit n. (Countable) A mark or token of approbation or to recognize excellence.
  • merit n. (Countable, uncountable) Something deserving or worthy of positive recognition or reward.

18 valid words from 3 definitions

APPROBATION CLAIM COMMENDATION COUNTABLE DESERVING EXCELLENCE MARK OF OR POSITIVE RECOGNITION RECOGNIZE REWARD SOMETHING TO TOKEN UNCOUNTABLE WORTHY

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

ER IT ME MERI RIT

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

EM IRE RE REM TI TIRE

4 anagrams (New words found by changing the order of the letters.)

MITER MITRE REMIT TIMER

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

MERIL MERIS

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

MERI

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

MERITS MERITED MERITING MERITLESS MERITOCRAT MERITOCRACY MERITOCRATS MERITORIOUS MERITOCRATIC MERITOCRACIES MERITORIOUSLY MERITORIOUSNESS

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

EMERITA EMERITI DEMERITS EMERITAE EMERITAS EMERITUS TEMERITY DEMERITED UNMERITED DEMERITING IMMERITOUS TEMERITIES UNMERITING UNMERITABLE UNMERITEDLY DEMERITORIOUS DEMERITORIOUSLY

One prefix (New word found by adding one or more letters in front of the word.)

DEMERIT

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

+A IMARET MATIER
+B BETRIM TIMBER TIMBRE
+C METRIC
+D MITRED
+E METIER REEMIT RETIME TREMIE
+F FREMIT
+H HERMIT MITHER
+I MITIER
+L MILTER
+N MINTER REMINT
+O MOTIER
+P PERMIT
+R RETRIM TRIMER
+S MERITS MISTER MITERS MITRES REMITS SMITER TIMERS
+U ITERUM
+X REMIXT

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

-E TRIM
-I TERM TREM
-M RITE TIER TIRE TRIE
-R EMIT ITEM MITE TIME
-T EMIR MERI MIRE RIEM RIME

Scrabble scoring

  • 7 points.

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

  • Joker allowed, 1 in 135 chance (0.74%).
  • Joker not allowed, 1 in 461 chance (0.22%).

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Category without words

  • No epentheses (Word found when adding only one letter.)

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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