The word when 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.)

  • when adv. (Interrogative) At what time? At which time? Upon which occasion or circumstance? Used to introduce…
  • when adv. At an earlier time and under different, usually less favorable, circumstances.
  • when adv. (Relative) At which, on which, during which: often omitted or replaced with that.

29 valid words from 3 definitions

AN AND AT CIRCUMSTANCE CIRCUMSTANCES DIFFERENT DURING EARLIER FAVORABLE INTERROGATIVE INTRODUCE LESS OCCASION OFTEN OMITTED ON OR RELATIVE REPLACED THAT TIME TO UNDER UPON USED USUALLY WHAT WHICH WITH

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

EN HE HEN

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

EH NE

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

HEWN

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

SHEN THEN WEEN WHEE WHET WHEW WHEY WHIN WREN

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

HEN WEN

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

WHEEN

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

WHENS WHENAS WHENCE WHENUA WHENWE WHENCES WHENUAS WHENWES WHENEVER WHENCEVER WHENSOEVER WHENCEFORTH WHENCESOEVER

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

NOWHENCE SOMEWHENCE EVERYWHENCE

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

ANYWHEN SOMEWHEN EVERYWHEN

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

+C WENCH
+E WHEEN
+I WHINE
+S SHEWN WHENS

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

-H NEW WEN
-N HEW
-W HEN

Scrabble scoring

  • 10 points.

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

  • Joker allowed, 1 in 96.9 chance (1.03%).
  • Joker not allowed, 1 in 389 chance (0.26%).

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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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