MOT is a valid Scrabble word — 5 points
Yes. MOT is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 5 points in Scrabble and 6 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept MOT?
| 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: 50 / 100
Our own measure of how useful MOT is to know. It scores 5 from 3 tiles, takes 7 hooks, and its letters make up 5.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for MOT
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How MOT scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in MOT, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| m | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,684.
What does MOT mean in Scrabble?
noun
A witty remark.
Mot is French for a word and reached English inside the phrase bon mot, which is where almost everybody meets it. On its own it is rare and slightly showy, and in Britain it now competes with an unrelated vehicle test of the same spelling.
How MOT is used
Countable: a mot, two mots. Chiefly in bon mot.
- A mot repeated twice stops being one.
- The word mot is French for a word.
- He collected other people's mots and used them at dinner.
- A bon mot is where most readers meet mot at all.
- Two mots in one speech is one too many.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of MOT and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of MOT
The 3 tiles of MOT in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with MOT
Showing 24 of 237 words that begin with MOT.
Words ending in MOT
11 words end in MOT. Useful as a back hook: play MOT onto a word already on the board.
Words with MOT inside
Showing 24 of 402 words that contain MOT somewhere in the middle. Words that start with MOT are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in MOT
Common questions about MOT
- Is MOT valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts MOT, where it scores 6 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is MOT worth?
- MOT is worth 5 points in Scrabble and 6 points in Words with Friends.
- What does MOT mean?
- A witty remark.
- What letters can be added to MOT?
- MOT takes 7 hooks: 0 in front and 7 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of MOT:
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