IOTA is a valid Scrabble word — 4 points
Yes. IOTA 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 IOTA?
| 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: 38 / 100
Our own measure of how useful IOTA is to know. It scores 4 from 4 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 8.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for IOTA
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How IOTA scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in IOTA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| i | 1 | 9 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,009.
What does IOTA mean in Scrabble?
noun
An extremely small amount; also the ninth letter of the Greek alphabet.
The idiom not one iota traces back to the letter's appearance rather than its sound: iota is the smallest character a Greek scribe could draw, so it became the standard image for something too tiny to matter. English even borrowed the same idea twice, since the everyday word jot comes from the very same Greek original by way of Latin. Mathematicians and computer scientists keep the symbol alive today, using i or the lowercase iota to label an index that counts one item at a time.
How IOTA is used
Common in the fixed phrase not one iota, meaning not at all.
- He would not change his plan one iota.
- There is not an iota of evidence for the claim.
- The new rule did not improve things one iota.
- She showed not one iota of fear.
- Mathematicians sometimes use iota to label a small variable.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of IOTA and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with IOTA
3 longer words begin with IOTA.
Words ending in IOTA
4 words end in IOTA. Useful as a back hook: play IOTA onto a word already on the board.
Words with IOTA inside
21 words contain IOTA in the middle. Words that start with IOTA are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in IOTA
Common questions about IOTA
- Is IOTA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts IOTA, where it scores 4 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is IOTA worth?
- IOTA is worth 4 points in Scrabble and 4 points in Words with Friends.
- What does IOTA mean?
- An extremely small amount; also the ninth letter of the Greek alphabet.
- What letters can be added to IOTA?
- IOTA takes 3 hooks: 2 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of IOTA:
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