The word pholas is a valid scrabble word, except in North America

2 short excerpts of WikWik.org (WikWik is an online database of words defined in the English, French, Spanish, Italian, and other Wiktionnaries.)

  • pholas n. Any of several borrowing marine bivalve molluscs of the genus Pholas.
  • Pholas prop.n. A taxonomic genus within the family Pholadidae – including the common piddock.

16 valid words from 2 definitions

ANY BIVALVE BORROWING COMMON FAMILY GENUS INCLUDING MARINE MOLLUSCS OF PHOLAS PIDDOCK SEVERAL TAXONOMIC THE WITHIN

1 invalid word from 2 definitions

PHOLADIDAE

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

AS HO LA LAS PHO

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

AL LO OH SAL

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

CHOLAS PHOCAS SHOLAS

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

+L SHALLOP
+O HOOPLAS

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

-H OPALS SALOP
-L OPAHS
-O PLASH
-P HALOS SHOAL SHOLA SOLAH

Scrabble scoring

  • 11 points.

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

  • Joker allowed, 1 in 6538 chance (0.02%).
  • Joker not allowed, 1 in 36956 chance.

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Categories without words

  • No anagrams (Word found by changing the order of the letters.)
  • No lipograms (Word found when removing only one letter.)
  • No epentheses (Word found when adding only one letter.)
  • No suffixes (Word found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)
  • 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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