GROTTY is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. GROTTY 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 GROTTY?
| 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: 28 / 100
Our own measure of how useful GROTTY is to know. It scores 10 from 6 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for GROTTY
No single letter turns GROTTY into another word.
How GROTTY scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in GROTTY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| g | 1 | 3 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| t | 2 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 275,938.
What stands out about GROTTY
- GROTTY gets by on a single vowel across 6 letters.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does GROTTY mean in Scrabble?
adjective
informalBritish
Shabby, dirty or unpleasant in a way that makes you wish to avoid it.
Grotty is a casual British word, shortened from grotesque, and it is most often applied to run-down rooms, cheap lodgings and tired old objects. It can also describe feeling slightly unwell, as in feeling grotty after a long journey. The tone is mildly scornful rather than angry, so it suits a grumble more than a formal complaint.
How GROTTY is used
Informal and chiefly British; rare in American speech.
- They rented a grotty flat above a fish shop.
- The hotel looked grotty from the outside and worse within.
- He felt grotty all morning after the night train.
- She threw away the grotty trainers at last.
- A grotty little cafe was the only place open.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of GROTTY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in GROTTY
Common questions about GROTTY
- Is GROTTY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts GROTTY, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is GROTTY worth?
- GROTTY is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does GROTTY mean?
- Shabby, dirty or unpleasant in a way that makes you wish to avoid it.
- What letters can be added to GROTTY?
- No single letter can be added to GROTTY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of GROTTY:
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