DOT is a valid Scrabble word — 4 points
Yes. DOT is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 4 points in Scrabble and 4 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept DOT?
| 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: 39 / 100
Our own measure of how useful DOT is to know. It scores 4 from 3 tiles, takes 4 hooks, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DOT
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How DOT scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in DOT, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 1 | 4 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 842.
What does DOT mean in Scrabble?
noun
A small round mark.
Dot is surprisingly young: it is not recorded in the modern sense before the sixteenth century, and Old English used an entirely different word. The internet turned it into a spoken word for the first time in its history.
How DOT is used
Countable. Also a verb: dotted, dotting.
- A dot of ink where the pen rested too long.
- The word dot is younger than most people assume.
- She dotted the map with places nobody had been.
- Reading an address aloud made dot a spoken word.
- Two dots over a vowel mean different things in different languages.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DOT and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of DOT
The 3 tiles of DOT in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with DOT
Showing 24 of 51 words that begin with DOT.
Words ending in DOT
6 words end in DOT. Useful as a back hook: play DOT onto a word already on the board.
Words with DOT inside
Showing 24 of 123 words that contain DOT somewhere in the middle. Words that start with DOT are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in DOT
Common questions about DOT
- Is DOT valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts DOT, where it scores 4 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is DOT worth?
- DOT is worth 4 points in Scrabble and 4 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DOT mean?
- A small round mark.
- What letters can be added to DOT?
- DOT takes 4 hooks: 0 in front and 4 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of DOT:
Open DOT in the Word Finder