BOTS is a valid Scrabble word — 6 points
Yes. BOTS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 6 points in Scrabble and 7 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BOTS?
| 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: 26 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BOTS is to know. It scores 6 from 4 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BOTS
No single letter turns BOTS into another word.
How BOTS scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in BOTS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 10,212.
What does BOTS mean in Scrabble?
noun
zoology
A digestive disease in horses and other animals caused by an infestation of botfly larvae in the stomach or intestines.
Bots develops when botfly eggs, laid on a horse's coat, are licked off and swallowed, letting the larvae attach inside the digestive tract. Left untreated, bots can damage the stomach lining and cause colic, so farmers and vets watch for the small yellow eggs on a horse's legs.
How BOTS is used
Used in veterinary and farming contexts when discussing horse health; names the condition itself, not simply several individual larvae.
- The vet checked the horse's stomach lining for signs of bots.
- Bots is common in horses that graze in fields shared with cattle.
- Farmers scrape botfly eggs from the coat to prevent bots.
- The foal was treated with a dewormer effective against bots.
- Untreated bots can lead to colic and weight loss in horses.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BOTS and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of BOTS
The 4 tiles of BOTS in a different order — 1 found.
Words ending in BOTS
18 words end in BOTS. Useful as a back hook: play BOTS onto a word already on the board.
Words with BOTS inside
2 words contain BOTS in the middle. Words that start with BOTS are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in BOTS
Common questions about BOTS
- Is BOTS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BOTS, where it scores 7 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BOTS worth?
- BOTS is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BOTS mean?
- A digestive disease in horses and other animals caused by an infestation of botfly larvae in the stomach or intestines.
- What letters can be added to BOTS?
- No single letter can be added to BOTS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of BOTS:
Open BOTS in the Word Finder