The word sextant 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.)

  • sextant n. (Nautical) A navigational device for deriving angular distances between objects so as to determine latitude…
  • sextant n. (Geometry) One sixth of a circle or disc; a sector with an angle of 60°.
  • sextant n. (Dentistry) One of six groups of adjacent teeth, excluding the wisdom teeth. The front sextants go from…

37 valid words from 3 definitions

ADJACENT AN ANGLE ANGULAR AS BETWEEN CIRCLE DENTISTRY DERIVING DETERMINE DEVICE DISC DISTANCES EXCLUDING FOR FROM FRONT GEOMETRY GO GROUPS LATITUDE NAUTICAL NAVIGATIONAL OBJECTS OF ONE OR SECTOR SEXTANTS SIX SIXTH SO TEETH THE TO WISDOM WITH

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

AN ANT EX EXTANT SEX SEXT SEXTAN TA TAN

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

AT ES NA NAT

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

SEXTANS

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

EXTANT SEXTAN

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

SEXTANTS SEXTANTAL

One anagram plus one (New word formed with all the letters from the word plus a letter.)

+S SEXTANTS

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

-S EXTANT
-T SEXTAN

Scrabble scoring

  • 14 points.

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

  • Joker allowed, 1 in 51979 chance.
  • Joker not allowed, 1 in 411717 chance.

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Categories without words

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

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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