The word recursion 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.)

  • recursion n. The act of recurring.
  • recursion n. (Mathematics) The act of defining an object (usually a function) in terms of that object itself.
  • recursion n. (Programming) The invocation of a procedure from within itself.

19 valid words from 3 definitions

ACT AN DEFINING FROM FUNCTION IN INVOCATION ITSELF MATHEMATICS OBJECT OF PROCEDURE PROGRAMMING RECURRING TERMS THAT THE USUALLY WITHIN

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

CUR CURS CURSI ECU IO ION ON RE REC RECUR RECURS SI UR

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

ER IS NO OI OIS RUC

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

COINSURER

One cousin (New word found by changing only one letter.)

DECURSION

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

RECURSIONS

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

+G RECOURSING RESOURCING SCROUNGIER
+S COINSURERS RECURSIONS

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

-N COURIERS
-O REINCURS
-R COINSURE INSOURCE NOURICES ROUNCIES
-U RESORCIN

Scrabble scoring

  • 11 points.

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Categories without words

  • No lipograms (Word found when removing only one letter.)
  • 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.)

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