MAGGOTY is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. MAGGOTY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept MAGGOTY?
| 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: 49 / 100
Our own measure of how useful MAGGOTY is to know. It scores 14 from 7 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for MAGGOTY
No single letter turns MAGGOTY into another word.
How MAGGOTY scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in MAGGOTY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| m | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| g | 2 | 3 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 3,088 thousand.
What does MAGGOTY mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Full of maggots, or rotten and infested.
Maggoty food has been spoiled by fly larvae, and the word suggests disgust. In British slang it can also mean bad-tempered. Meat left in the sun turns maggoty fast.
How MAGGOTY is used
Maggoty is mostly used for decaying food.
- The maggoty meat was thrown away.
- A maggoty apple lay under the tree.
- He was in a maggoty mood all morning.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of MAGGOTY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in MAGGOTY
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Common questions about MAGGOTY
- Is MAGGOTY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts MAGGOTY, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is MAGGOTY worth?
- MAGGOTY is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does MAGGOTY mean?
- Full of maggots, or rotten and infested.
- What letters can be added to MAGGOTY?
- No single letter can be added to MAGGOTY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of MAGGOTY:
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