The word wasp 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.)

  • wasp n. Any of many types of stinging flying insect resembling a hornet.
  • wasp n. (Entomology) Any of the members of suborder Apocrita, excepting the ants (family Formicidae) and bees…
  • wasp n. A person who behaves in an angry or insolent way, hence waspish.

29 valid words from 3 definitions

AN AND ANGRY ANTS ANY BEES BEHAVES ENTOMOLOGY EXCEPTING FAMILY FLYING HENCE HORNET IN INSECT INSOLENT MANY MEMBERS OF OR PERSON RESEMBLING STINGING SUBORDER THE TYPES WASPISH WAY WHO

2 invalid words from 3 definitions

APOCRITA FORMICIDAE

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

AS ASP WAS

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

AW SAW

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

PAWS SPAW SWAP WAPS

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

GASP HASP JASP RASP WARP WASE WASH WASM WAST WISP

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

ASP WAP WAS

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

WASPS WASPY WASPIE WASPIER WASPIES WASPILY WASPISH WASPIEST WASPLIKE WASPNEST WASPINESS WASPISHLY WASPNESTS WASPINESSES WASPISHNESS WASPISHNESSES

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

WOODWASPS GALLIWASPS

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

WOODWASP GALLIWASP

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

+A PAWAS
+G GAWPS
+H PSHAW WHAPS
+K PAWKS
+L PAWLS SPAWL
+M SWAMP
+N PAWNS SPAWN
+R WARPS WRAPS
+S SPAWS SWAPS WASPS
+T SWAPT
+Y WASPY YAWPS

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

-P SAW WAS
-S PAW WAP
-W ASP PAS SAP SPA

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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Category without words

  • 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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