BOTNET is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. BOTNET is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BOTNET?
| 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: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BOTNET is to know. It scores 8 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BOTNET
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
botnetsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BOTNET scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in BOTNET, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| t | 2 | 6 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 68,985.
What does BOTNET mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
A network of computers that have been secretly infected with malicious software and are controlled together, usually without the knowledge of their owners, to carry out large-scale online attacks.
Criminals build a botnet by spreading malware that turns ordinary computers, routers or smart devices into remote-controlled bots that obey a hidden operator. A single botnet can contain thousands or even millions of infected machines, and its combined power is used to send spam, steal data or flood websites with traffic in what is called a denial-of-service attack. Security researchers track known botnets and work with internet providers to shut down the servers that control them.
How BOTNET is used
A modern technical term from computer security, common in news reports about cybercrime and hacking.
- The botnet sent millions of spam messages every hour before it was shut down.
- Security experts traced the attack back to a botnet of infected home routers.
- Antivirus software flagged the laptop as part of a botnet.
- A large botnet can overwhelm a website with fake traffic in seconds.
- Police arrested the hacker who had built and rented out the botnet.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BOTNET and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with BOTNET
1 longer words begin with BOTNET.
Shorter words from the letters in BOTNET
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Common questions about BOTNET
- Is BOTNET valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BOTNET, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BOTNET worth?
- BOTNET is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BOTNET mean?
- A network of computers that have been secretly infected with malicious software and are controlled together, usually without the knowledge of their owners, to carry out large-scale online attacks.
- What letters can be added to BOTNET?
- BOTNET takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of BOTNET:
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