The word patera 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.)

  • patera n. A broad, shallow dish used for drinking, primarily in ritual contexts such as libations.
  • patera n. (Architecture) A circular ornament, resembling a dish, often worked in relief on friezes etc.
  • patera n. The caldera or crater (dish-shaped depression) atop a volcano, especially an extraterrestrial one; also…

34 valid words from 3 definitions

ALSO AN ARCHITECTURE AS ATOP BROAD CALDERA CIRCULAR CONTEXTS CRATER DEPRESSION DISH DRINKING ESPECIALLY FOR FRIEZES IN LIBATIONS OFTEN ON ONE OR ORNAMENT PRIMARILY RELIEF RESEMBLING RITUAL SHALLOW SHAPED SUCH THE USED VOLCANO WORKED

2 invalid words from 3 definitions

ETC EXTRATERRESTRIAL

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

AT ATE ER ERA PA PAT PATE PATER TE

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

AR ARE ARET ET ETA RE RET TA TAP

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

PETARA

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

PARERA PATERS

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

PATER

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

PATERAE

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

+C CAPRATE
+D ADAPTER READAPT
+E PATERAE
+I APTERIA
+K PARTAKE
+L APTERAL
+M APTAMER
+P PARAPET
+S PETARAS
+Y PEATARY

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

-A APERT APTER PATER PEART PETAR PRATE TAPER TRAPE
-E APART
-P REATA
-T AREPA PARAE

Scrabble scoring

  • 8 points.

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

  • Joker allowed, 1 in 1195 chance (0.08%).
  • Joker not allowed, 1 in 5475 chance (0.02%).

Other languages

  • Valid: Spanish Italian Romanian
  • Invalid: French German
  • (In Spanish) PATERA f. Enfermedad de la pezuña de los ovinos que obliga a recortársela y se atribuye a excesiva humedad de la dehesa en que pastan.
  • (In Spanish) PATERA adj. Chile y Perú. Adulador, lisonjeador.
  • (In Spanish) PATERA m. Cazador de patos salvajes.

Categories without words

  • No epentheses (Word found when adding 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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