BLOTTY is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. BLOTTY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BLOTTY?
| 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: 28 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BLOTTY is to know. It scores 11 from 6 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BLOTTY
No single letter turns BLOTTY into another word.
How BLOTTY scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in BLOTTY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| t | 2 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 620,861.
What stands out about BLOTTY
- BLOTTY gets by on a single vowel across 6 letters.
- The letters of BLOTTY run in alphabetical order from first to last.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does BLOTTY mean in Scrabble?
adjective
rare
Covered with blots, smudged or spotted with ink.
A blotty page is one where ink has pooled and smeared, as happens with a leaking pen or a hasty writer. Blotty can also describe any surface marked with dark patches, such as a blotty complexion or a blotty sky. It is a plain descriptive adjective and rather less common than the nouns and verbs of the same family.
How BLOTTY is used
Informal; used mostly of paper, ink and handwriting.
- He handed in a blotty exercise book with the corners torn.
- The letter was so blotty that she could barely read it.
- A blotty line of ink ran across the map.
- Her old pen made blotty marks on every page.
- The child admired his blotty painting with great pride.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BLOTTY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in BLOTTY
Common questions about BLOTTY
- Is BLOTTY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BLOTTY, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BLOTTY worth?
- BLOTTY is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BLOTTY mean?
- Covered with blots, smudged or spotted with ink.
- What letters can be added to BLOTTY?
- No single letter can be added to BLOTTY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of BLOTTY:
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