The word ufo 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.)

  • ufo n. A UFO.
  • UFO n. Initialism of unidentified flying object; (loosely) an alien spacecraft.
  • UFO n. (Colloquial) An "unfinished object" in knitting or other kinds of craft.

18 valid words from 3 definitions

ALIEN AN COLLOQUIAL CRAFT FLYING IN INITIALISM KINDS KNITTING LOOSELY OBJECT OF OR OTHER SPACECRAFT UFO UNFINISHED UNIDENTIFIED

One word-in-word RTL (Word found written from right to left, inside the word.)

OF

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

FOU

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

UDO UPO

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

UFOS UFOLOGY UFOLOGIES UFOLOGIST UFOLOGICAL UFOLOGISTS

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

BUFOS RUFOUS TUFOLI ZUFOLI ZUFOLO TUFOLIS ZUFOLOS RUFOUSES TARTUFOS BUFOTALIN BUFOTALINS BUFOTENINE BUFOTENINES

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

BUFO TARTUFO

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

+B BUFO
+D FOUD
+H HOUF
+L FOUL
+P POUF
+R FOUR
+S FOUS UFOS
+T TOFU

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

-F OU
-U OF

Scrabble scoring

  • 6 points.

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

  • Joker allowed, 1 in 24.3 chance (4.11%).
  • Joker not allowed, 1 in 72.2 chance (1.39%).

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Categories without words

  • No words-in-word (Word found as is inside the word.)
  • No lipograms (Word found when removing only one letter.)
  • No epentheses (Word found when adding only one letter.)

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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