GAROTE is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. GAROTE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 7 points in Scrabble and 8 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept GAROTE?
| 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: 35 / 100
Our own measure of how useful GAROTE is to know. It scores 7 from 6 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 7.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for GAROTE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How GAROTE scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in GAROTE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| g | 1 | 3 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 12,775.
What stands out about GAROTE
- The same 6 tiles also spell 2 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does GAROTE mean in Scrabble?
verb
To execute or kill someone by strangling them, typically with a cord, wire, or a tightening metal collar.
Garote is a variant spelling of garrote, the word for both the act of strangling and the device used to carry it out. The method it describes was historically used as a form of capital punishment in Spain and its former colonies, where the condemned was strangled with a metal collar tightened by a screw. Outside its historical and legal sense, the word is also used more loosely for any killing by strangulation with a cord or wire.
How GAROTE is used
Same word as garrote; the shorter spelling appears less often but is recognized in the same sense.
- The executioner was ordered to garote the prisoner at dawn.
- Historical accounts describe how officials would garote condemned criminals.
- The assassin planned to garote his target with a length of wire.
- Spanish law once allowed courts to garote those convicted of treason.
- The old device used to garote prisoners is now kept in a museum.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of GAROTE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of GAROTE
The 6 tiles of GAROTE in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with GAROTE
2 longer words begin with GAROTE.
Shorter words from the letters in GAROTE
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Common questions about GAROTE
- Is GAROTE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts GAROTE, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is GAROTE worth?
- GAROTE is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does GAROTE mean?
- To execute or kill someone by strangling them, typically with a cord, wire, or a tightening metal collar.
- What letters can be added to GAROTE?
- GAROTE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of GAROTE:
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