The word nep 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.)

  • nep n. Catmint, catnip; Nepeta cataria.
  • nep n. (UK, dialect) A knot in a fibre of cotton.
  • nep n. (US, slang, derogatory) One who engages in nepotism, usually referring to the one who benefits from it.

23 valid words from 3 definitions

BENEFITS CATMINT CATNIP COTTON DEROGATORY DIALECT ENGAGES FIBRE FROM IN IT KNOT NEPETA NEPOTISM OF ONE REFERRING SLANG THE TO US USUALLY WHO

2 invalid words from 3 definitions

CATARIA UK

One word in word (Word found as is inside the word.)

NE

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

EN PE PEN

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

PEN

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

CEP DEP HEP KEP LEP NAP NEB NED NEE NEF NEG NEK NET NEW NIP PEP REP YEP ZEP

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

NE

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

NEAP NEEP

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

NEPS NEPER NEPIT NEPERS NEPETA NEPHEW NEPITS NEPETAS NEPHEWS NEPHRIC NEPHRON NEPOTIC NEPENTHE NEPHRISM NEPHRITE NEPHROID NEPHRONS NEPIONIC NEPOTISM NEPOTIST NEPENTHES NEPHALISM NEPHALIST NEPHELINE NEPHELITE NEPHOGRAM NEPHOLOGY NEPHRALGY NEPHRIDIA NEPHRISMS NEPHRITES NEPHRITIC NEPHRITIS NEPHROSES NEPHROSIS NEPHROTIC NEPOTISMS NEPOTISTS NEPTUNIUM NEPENTHEAN NEPHALISMS NEPHALISTS NEPHELINES NEPHELINIC NEPHELITES NEPHOGRAMS NEPHOGRAPH NEPHOLOGIC NEPHOSCOPE NEPHRALGIA + 62 words

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

INEPT CATNEPS GUINEPS INEPTER INEPTLY NINEPIN TONEPAD CANEPHOR CINEPLEX CONEPATE CONEPATL HANEPOOT INEPTEST NINEPINS PARSNEPS RONEPIPE SWINEPOX TONEPADS CANEPHORA CANEPHORE CANEPHORS CINEPHILE CONEPATES CONEPATLS DONEPEZIL HAANEPOOT HANEPOOTS INEPTNESS NINEPENCE NINEPENNY PENEPLAIN PENEPLANE PRONEPHRA RONEPIPES WINEPRESS CANEPHORAS CANEPHORES CANEPHORUS CINEPHILES CINEPLEXES DONEPEZILS EPINEPHRIN HAANEPOOTS INEPTITUDE NINEPENCES PENEPLAINS PENEPLANES PRONEPHRIC PRONEPHROI PRONEPHROS + 44 words

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

CATNEP GUINEP PARSNEP

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

+A NAPE NEAP PANE PEAN
+D PEND
+E NEEP PEEN PENE
+I PEIN PENI PINE
+K PENK
+O NOPE OPEN PEON PONE
+R PERN
+S NEPS PENS
+T PENT
+Y PYNE

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

-N PE
-P EN NE

Scrabble scoring

  • 5 points.

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

  • Joker allowed, 1 in 12.2 chance (8.23%).
  • Joker not allowed, 1 in 32.1 chance (3.12%).

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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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