MOTEY is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. MOTEY 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 MOTEY?
| 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: 36 / 100
Our own measure of how useful MOTEY is to know. It scores 10 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for MOTEY
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
moteysChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How MOTEY scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in MOTEY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| m | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 32,677.
What does MOTEY mean in Scrabble?
adjective
rareliterary
Full of motes; containing many tiny floating specks of dust or debris.
A motey beam of sunlight often reveals countless tiny particles drifting through the air that would otherwise go unnoticed. Writers use motey mainly to describe light passing through dusty rooms, attics, or old libraries, giving a scene a slightly faded or neglected feel. The word is rare in modern speech and appears mostly in older or descriptive writing.
How MOTEY is used
Rare and mainly literary, describing dusty air or light filled with visible specks.
- A motey shaft of light fell across the old desk.
- The attic air felt motey and still.
- Sunlight turned motey as it crossed the neglected room.
- She coughed in the motey haze of the storeroom.
- The motey light gave the library a forgotten feel.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of MOTEY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with MOTEY
1 longer words begin with MOTEY.
Shorter words from the letters in MOTEY
Common questions about MOTEY
- Is MOTEY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts MOTEY, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is MOTEY worth?
- MOTEY is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does MOTEY mean?
- Full of motes; containing many tiny floating specks of dust or debris.
- What letters can be added to MOTEY?
- MOTEY takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of MOTEY:
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