The word rotan 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.)

  • rotan n. (Singapore) A long rattan used to cane people as punishment for criminal acts.
  • rotan n. (Uncommon) Amur sleeper (Perccottus glenii).
  • (In Dutch) rotan n. (Plantkunde) Calamus rotang planten van de soort Calamus…

16 valid words from 3 definitions

ACTS AS CALAMUS CANE CRIMINAL DE FOR LONG PEOPLE PUNISHMENT RATTAN SLEEPER TO UNCOMMON USED VAN

8 invalid words from 3 definitions

AMUR GLENII PERCCOTTUS PLANTEN PLANTKUNDE ROTANG SINGAPORE SOORT

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

AN ROT ROTA TA TAN

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

AT NA NAT OR TO TOR

3 anagrams (New words found by changing the order of the letters.)

ORANT TORAN TRONA

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

COTAN RATAN ROMAN ROTAL ROTAS ROTON ROWAN

2 lipograms (New words found when removing only one letter.)

ROAN ROTA

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

ROTTAN

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

ROTANS

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

PROTANDRY PROTANOPE PROTANOPES PROTANOPIA PROTANOPIC PROTANDRIES PROTANDROUS PROTANOMALY PROTANOPIAS PROTANOMALIES PROTANOMALOUS

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

+A TORANA
+B BARTON
+C CANTOR CARTON CONTRA CRATON
+E ATONER ORNATE
+F AFRONT
+H ANTHRO
+I AROINT RATION
+J TROJAN
+L LATRON
+M MATRON
+N NATRON NONART
+O RATOON
+P PARTON PATRON TARPON
+S ORANTS ROTANS TORANS TRONAS
+T ATTORN RATTON ROTTAN
+U OUTRAN
+V VORANT
+Y AROYNT NOTARY

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

-A RONT TORN TRON
-N RATO ROTA TARO TORA
-O RANT TARN
-R NOTA
-T ROAN

Scrabble scoring

  • 5 points.

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

  • Joker allowed, 1 in 85.8 chance (1.17%).
  • Joker not allowed, 1 in 231 chance (0.43%).

Other languages

Category without words

  • 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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