CHOTT is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. CHOTT is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CHOTT?
| 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: 33 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CHOTT is to know. It scores 10 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CHOTT
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
chottsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CHOTT scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in CHOTT, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| t | 2 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 156,849.
What stands out about CHOTT
- The letters of CHOTT 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 CHOTT mean in Scrabble?
noun
A shallow salt lake or marsh in North Africa that dries out for much of the year, leaving a crust of salt on its bed.
A chott fills with water during the wet season and then evaporates under the desert sun, leaving a flat, often shimmering pan of salt and mud that can look like a lake from a distance even when dry. The term is used across the Sahara and Maghreb region, particularly in Tunisia and Algeria, and is sometimes spelled shott in English geographical writing. Large examples, such as Chott el Djerid, are notable desert landmarks.
How CHOTT is used
A geographical term used mainly in descriptions of North African desert landscape.
- The chott stretched flat and white to the horizon.
- Salt crystals covered the dry bed of the chott.
- They crossed the chott by truck during the dry season.
- Rain briefly turned the chott into a shallow lake.
- The chott is impassable for weeks after heavy rain.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CHOTT and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with CHOTT
1 longer words begin with CHOTT.
Words with CHOTT inside
2 words contain CHOTT in the middle. Words that start with CHOTT are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in CHOTT
Common questions about CHOTT
- Is CHOTT valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CHOTT, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CHOTT worth?
- CHOTT is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CHOTT mean?
- A shallow salt lake or marsh in North Africa that dries out for much of the year, leaving a crust of salt on its bed.
- What letters can be added to CHOTT?
- CHOTT takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of CHOTT:
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