BOTRYTIS is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. BOTRYTIS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BOTRYTIS?
| 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: 38 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BOTRYTIS is to know. It scores 13 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BOTRYTIS
No single letter turns BOTRYTIS into another word.
How BOTRYTIS scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in BOTRYTIS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| t | 2 | 6 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so BOTRYTIS has to be built on the board across turns.
What does BOTRYTIS mean in Scrabble?
noun
botanytechnical
A genus of grey mould fungi that attack many plants, yet is welcomed on certain grapes used for sweet wine.
Gardeners dread botrytis because it rots flowers, fruit and soft stems in damp weather. Winemakers see the same fungus differently: on ripe grapes it concentrates sugar and gives the prized noble rot flavour.
How BOTRYTIS is used
Appears in gardening advice about grey mould and in wine writing about sweet dessert wines.
- Botrytis spread quickly through the damp greenhouse.
- The vineyard hoped for botrytis to settle on the late-harvest grapes.
- Good airflow around the plants reduces the risk of botrytis.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BOTRYTIS and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with BOTRYTIS
2 longer words begin with BOTRYTIS.
Shorter words from the letters in BOTRYTIS
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Common questions about BOTRYTIS
- Is BOTRYTIS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BOTRYTIS, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BOTRYTIS worth?
- BOTRYTIS is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BOTRYTIS mean?
- A genus of grey mould fungi that attack many plants, yet is welcomed on certain grapes used for sweet wine.
- What letters can be added to BOTRYTIS?
- No single letter can be added to BOTRYTIS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of BOTRYTIS:
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