The word shank 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.)

  • shank n. The part of the leg between the knee and the ankle.
  • shank n. Meat from that part of an animal.
  • shank n. (Ornithology, colloquial) A redshank or greenshank, various species of Old World wading birds in the…

25 valid words from 3 definitions

AN AND ANIMAL ANKLE BETWEEN BIRDS COLLOQUIAL FROM GREENSHANK IN KNEE LEG MEAT OF OLD OR ORNITHOLOGY PART REDSHANK SPECIES THAT THE VARIOUS WADING WORLD

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

AN HA HAN HANK SH SHA SHAN

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

AH AHS NA NAH

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

ANKHS HANKS KHANS

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

CHANK SHACK SHAND SHANS SHARK SKANK SLANK SPANK STANK SWANK THANK

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

HANK SANK SHAN

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

SHRANK

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

SHANKS SHANKED SHANKING SHANKBONE SHANKBONES SHANKPIECE SHANKPIECES

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

REDSHANKS FORESHANKS HINDSHANKS GREENSHANKS SCRIMSHANKS SHEEPSHANKS SKRIMSHANKS SCRIMSHANKED SCRIMSHANKER SKRIMSHANKED SKRIMSHANKER SCRIMSHANKERS SCRIMSHANKING SKRIMSHANKERS SKRIMSHANKING SPINDLESHANKS

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

REDSHANK FORESHANK HINDSHANK GREENSHANK SCRIMSHANK SHEEPSHANK SKRIMSHANK

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

+C CHANKS
+E KANEHS SHAKEN
+I NIKAHS
+R SHRANK
+S SHANKS
+T THANKS
+U ANKUSH

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

-H KANS SANK
-K SHAN
-N HASK
-S ANKH HANK KHAN

Scrabble scoring

  • 12 points.

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

  • Joker allowed, 1 in 1290 chance (0.08%).
  • Joker not allowed, 1 in 8299 chance (0.01%).

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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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