BOTE is valid in Collins, not in North America — 6 points
It depends on the list you play by. BOTE is in Collins, used in the UK and most of the world, but it is not in the North American lists — so in a US or Canadian game an opponent can challenge it off the board. Worth 6 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept BOTE?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Not listed |
Word power: 37 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BOTE is to know. It scores 6 from 4 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 7.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BOTE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BOTE scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in BOTE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 3,404.
What does BOTE mean in Scrabble?
noun
archaiclegalhistorical
An old legal term for compensation or payment made for injury or damage.
Bote appears throughout Anglo-Saxon law codes, most often as the second half of a compound such as manbote or cirebote, each naming a fixed sum owed for a particular wrong. Historians reading these old codes still meet the word as a technical term from a system that Norman-era courts gradually replaced with fines and damages.
How BOTE is used
A historical legal term from early English law.
- The old code set a fixed bote for each kind of injury.
- He paid bote to the family for the damage done.
- Historians study how bote payments varied between regions.
- The chief demanded bote before the feud could end.
- Early law replaced private vengeance with a system of bote.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BOTE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of BOTE
The 4 tiles of BOTE in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with BOTE
3 longer words begin with BOTE.
Words with BOTE inside
4 words contain BOTE in the middle. Words that start with BOTE are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in BOTE
Common questions about BOTE
- Is BOTE valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and BOTE is not in it.
- How many points is BOTE worth?
- BOTE is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BOTE mean?
- An old legal term for compensation or payment made for injury or damage.
- What letters can be added to BOTE?
- BOTE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of BOTE:
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