AUTOROTATE is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. AUTOROTATE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept AUTOROTATE?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 34 / 100
Our own measure of how useful AUTOROTATE is to know. It scores 10 from 10 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 7.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for AUTOROTATE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How AUTOROTATE scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in AUTOROTATE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 2 | 9 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| t | 3 | 6 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so AUTOROTATE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does AUTOROTATE mean in Scrabble?
verb
technical
To spin around an axis without engine power, driven only by the flow of air past the blades.
A helicopter pilot whose engine fails lets the rotor autorotate to glide down and land safely. Some seeds, such as maple keys, do the same on their way to the ground.
How AUTOROTATE is used
Used in aviation and in describing falling seeds.
- The rotor will autorotate if the engine stops.
- Pilots practise how to autorotate during training.
- Maple seeds autorotate as they drift down.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of AUTOROTATE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with AUTOROTATE
2 longer words begin with AUTOROTATE.
Shorter words from the letters in AUTOROTATE
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Common questions about AUTOROTATE
- Is AUTOROTATE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts AUTOROTATE, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is AUTOROTATE worth?
- AUTOROTATE is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does AUTOROTATE mean?
- To spin around an axis without engine power, driven only by the flow of air past the blades.
- What letters can be added to AUTOROTATE?
- AUTOROTATE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of AUTOROTATE:
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