ARGOT is a valid Scrabble word — 6 points
Yes. ARGOT is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 6 points in Scrabble and 7 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ARGOT?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ARGOT is to know. It scores 6 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ARGOT
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
argotsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ARGOT scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in ARGOT, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 1 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 9,682.
What stands out about ARGOT
- The same 5 tiles also spell 2 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does ARGOT mean in Scrabble?
noun
The specialized vocabulary and expressions used within a particular group, often meant to be understood chiefly by its own members.
Argot came into English from French, where it originally named the secret language used by thieves and beggars, and the word still carries a faint suggestion of insider or underworld speech. Modern usage has broadened well beyond crime, so that hackers, musicians, sailors, and academics are all said to have their own argot, a set of terms marking who belongs to a group and who does not. Argot differs from ordinary slang mainly in its purpose: slang spreads casually and outsiders often adopt it, while argot is meant, at least originally, to keep outsiders from understanding at all. Linguists who study argot are usually interested in how quickly such specialized vocabularies change once they begin leaking into wider use.
How ARGOT is used
Applied to the specialized, often exclusionary vocabulary of a trade, subculture, or group, from criminal slang to academic jargon.
- The novel is full of nineteenth-century criminal argot that needs footnotes today.
- New employees took months to learn the office's technical argot.
- Sailors developed an argot that landsmen rarely understood.
- Once the argot of a small forum, the term spread across the whole internet.
- The glossary explained the argot used by prisoners in the memoir.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ARGOT and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of ARGOT
The 5 tiles of ARGOT in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with ARGOT
2 longer words begin with ARGOT.
Words ending in ARGOT
1 words end in ARGOT. Useful as a back hook: play ARGOT onto a word already on the board.
Words with ARGOT inside
1 words contain ARGOT in the middle. Words that start with ARGOT are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in ARGOT
Common questions about ARGOT
- Is ARGOT valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ARGOT, where it scores 7 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ARGOT worth?
- ARGOT is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ARGOT mean?
- The specialized vocabulary and expressions used within a particular group, often meant to be understood chiefly by its own members.
- What letters can be added to ARGOT?
- ARGOT takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of ARGOT:
Open ARGOT in the Word Finder