MOTE is a valid Scrabble word — 6 points
Yes. MOTE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 6 points in Scrabble and 7 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept MOTE?
| 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: 56 / 100
Our own measure of how useful MOTE is to know. It scores 6 from 4 tiles, takes 8 hooks, and its letters make up 7.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for MOTE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How MOTE scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in MOTE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| m | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 3,404.
What does MOTE mean in Scrabble?
noun
A small particle, especially of dust, seen floating in a beam of light.
A mote is tiny enough that it is usually invisible except when sunlight or another bright beam makes its drifting motion visible in the air. The word is also used figuratively for a trivial fault, as in the old phrase about a mote in one's eye.
How MOTE is used
Common in descriptive writing; also used figuratively for a minor fault compared with a larger one.
- A single mote of dust drifted through the shaft of sunlight.
- She watched a mote spin slowly in the window's glow.
- Every mote in the beam seemed to hang motionless in the still air.
- He criticized the mote in his neighbor's eye while ignoring his own fault.
- The old attic held a mote of dust drifting past the lamp light.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of MOTE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of MOTE
The 4 tiles of MOTE in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with MOTE
15 longer words begin with MOTE.
Words ending in MOTE
16 words end in MOTE. Useful as a back hook: play MOTE onto a word already on the board.
Words with MOTE inside
Showing 24 of 43 words that contain MOTE somewhere in the middle. Words that start with MOTE are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in MOTE
Common questions about MOTE
- Is MOTE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts MOTE, where it scores 7 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is MOTE worth?
- MOTE is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends.
- What does MOTE mean?
- A small particle, especially of dust, seen floating in a beam of light.
- What letters can be added to MOTE?
- MOTE takes 8 hooks: 2 in front and 6 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of MOTE:
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