The word porous 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.)

  • porous adj. Full of tiny pores that allow fluids or gasses to pass through.
  • porous adj. (Figurative) With many gaps.
  • porous adj. (Figurative, by extension) full of loopholes.

19 valid words from 3 definitions

ALLOW BY EXTENSION FIGURATIVE FLUIDS FULL GAPS GASSES LOOPHOLES MANY OF OR PASS PORES THAT THROUGH TINY TO WITH

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

OR OU OUS PO US

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

OP OR

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

PAROUS POYOUS TOROUS

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

PORTOUS

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

POROUSLY POROUSNESS POROUSNESSES

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

VAPOROUSLY VAPOROUSNESS VAPOROUSNESSES

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

IMPOROUS SAPOROUS SOPOROUS VAPOROUS LEAPOROUS NONPOROUS OOSPOROUS STUPOROUS APOSPOROUS EXOSPOROUS ISOSPOROUS ZOOSPOROUS ENDOSPOROUS HOMOSPOROUS MICROPOROUS MICROSPOROUS TETRASPOROUS ARTHROSPOROUS HETEROSPOROUS BASIDIOSPOROUS

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

+D UROPODS
+S SOURSOP
+T PORTOUS UPROOTS

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

-O POURS ROUPS
-U PROSO ROOPS SOPOR SPOOR

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 5599 chance (0.02%).
  • Joker not allowed, 1 in 31677 chance.

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  • No anagrams (Word found by changing the order of the letters.)
  • No lipograms (Word found when removing 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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