The word varan 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.)

  • varan n. The monitor lizard.
  • (In French) varan n.m. (Herpétologie) Sorte de grand lézard de la famille des varanidés.
  • (In Spanish) varan v. Tercera persona del plural (ellas, ellos; ustedes, 2.ª persona)…

10 valid words from 3 definitions

DE DEL FAMILLE GRAND LA LIZARD MONITOR PERSONA PLURAL THE

9 invalid words from 3 definitions

DES ELLAS ELLOS HERPETOLOGIE LEZARD SORTE TERCERA USTEDES VARANIDES

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

AN AR RAN VAR VARA

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

AR NA RAV

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

NAVAR VARNA

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

SARAN VARAS

One lipogram (New word found when removing only one letter.)

VARA

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

VARANS

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

+S NAVARS VARANS VARNAS

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

-N VARA
-V ARNA RANA

Scrabble scoring

  • 8 points.

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

  • Joker allowed, 1 in 321 chance (0.31%).
  • Joker not allowed, 1 in 1383 chance (0.07%).

Other languages

  • Valid: French Spanish
  • Invalid: German Italian Romanian
  • (In French) VARAN n.m. Grand reptile saurien des pays chauds.
  • (In Spanish) VARAR tr. desus. Echar un barco al agua.
  • (In Spanish) VARAR intr. Encallar la embarcación en la costa o en las peñas, o en un banco de arena.

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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