The word swab 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.)

  • swab n. (Medicine) A small piece of soft, absorbent material, such as gauze, used to clean wounds, apply medicine…
  • swab n. A sample taken with a swab (piece of absorbent material).
  • swab n. A piece of material used for cleaning or sampling other items like musical instruments or guns.

29 valid words from 3 definitions

ABSORBENT APPLY AS CLEAN CLEANING FOR GAUZE GUNS INSTRUMENTS ITEMS LIKE MATERIAL MEDICINE MUSICAL OF OR OTHER PIECE SAMPLE SAMPLING SMALL SOFT SUCH SWAB TAKEN TO USED WITH WOUNDS

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

AB WAB

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

AW BA

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

WABS

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

SCAB SLAB SNAB STAB SWAD SWAG SWAM SWAN SWAP SWAT SWAY SWOB

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

SAB WAB

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

SWABS SWABBY SWABBED SWABBER SWABBIE SWABBERS SWABBIES SWABBING

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

+D BAWDS
+E BESAW
+K BAWKS
+L BAWLS BLAWS
+N BAWNS
+R BAWRS BRAWS WARBS
+S SWABS

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

-B SAW WAS
-S WAB
-W ABS BAS SAB

Scrabble scoring

  • 9 points.

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

  • Joker allowed, 1 in 178 chance (0.56%).
  • Joker not allowed, 1 in 778 chance (0.13%).

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Categories without words

  • 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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