GOTTA is valid in Collins, not in North America — 6 points
It depends on the list you play by. GOTTA is in Collins, used in the UK and most of the world, but it is not in the North American lists — so in a US or Canadian game an opponent can challenge it off the board. Worth 6 points. Words with Friends does accept it.
Which word lists accept GOTTA?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 26 / 100
Our own measure of how useful GOTTA is to know. It scores 6 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for GOTTA
No single letter turns GOTTA into another word.
How GOTTA scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in GOTTA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| g | 1 | 3 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| t | 2 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 23,237.
What does GOTTA mean in Scrabble?
verb
informal
To have got to — in a spelling that catches ordinary speech.
Gotta is how the phrase sounds when nobody is being careful, and writing it down places a speaker or a song rather than reporting a fault. It belongs to lyrics, dialogue and advertising, and it has never been anything but informal on the page.
How GOTTA is used
Informal spelling of have got to. Dialogue and lyrics only.
- You gotta be quick or the whole thing goes.
- The chorus is four words and two of them are gotta.
- He wrote gotta on purpose and the editor left it.
- Gotta in print marks a voice rather than a mistake.
- A slogan with gotta in it dates itself within a decade.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of GOTTA and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in GOTTA
Common questions about GOTTA
- Is GOTTA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts GOTTA, where it scores 7 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is GOTTA worth?
- GOTTA is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends.
- What does GOTTA mean?
- To have got to — in a spelling that catches ordinary speech.
- What letters can be added to GOTTA?
- No single letter can be added to GOTTA to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of GOTTA:
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