The word puy 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.)

  • puy n. Any of several cone-shaped hills in the Auvergne, France that are the remains of extinct volcanos.
  • puy n. (Geology) Any similar conical structure of volcanic material.
  • (In French) puy n.m. (Géographie) Mont, montagne.

19 valid words from 3 definitions

ANY ARE CONE CONICAL EXTINCT GEOLOGY HILLS IN MATERIAL OF REMAINS SEVERAL SHAPED SIMILAR STRUCTURE THAT THE VOLCANIC VOLCANOS

5 invalid words from 3 definitions

AUVERGNE FRANCE GEOGRAPHIE MONT MONTAGNE

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

UP YU YUP

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

YUP

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

BUY GUY PAY PLY PRY PUB PUD PUG PUH PUL PUN PUP PUR PUS PUT

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

PUKY PULY PUMY PUNY

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

PUYS

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

APPUYS APPUYED APPUYING

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

APPUY

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

+A YAUP
+B UPBY
+K PUKY
+L PULY
+M PUMY UMPY YUMP
+N PUNY
+S PUYS UPSY YUPS

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

-P YU
-Y UP

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 72.2 chance (1.39%).
  • Joker not allowed, 1 in 289 chance (0.35%).

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Categories without words

  • No words-in-word (Word found as is inside the word.)
  • 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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