MOTI is valid in Collins, not in North America — 6 points
It depends on the list you play by. MOTI is in Collins, used in the UK and most of the world, but it is not in the North American lists — so in a US or Canadian game an opponent can challenge it off the board. Worth 6 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept MOTI?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Not listed |
Word power: 35 / 100
Our own measure of how useful MOTI is to know. It scores 6 from 4 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for MOTI
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How MOTI scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in MOTI, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| m | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 4,538.
What stands out about MOTI
- The same 4 tiles also spell 2 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does MOTI mean in Scrabble?
noun
offensiveIndian English
A disparaging Indian English term for a fat woman or girl.
Moti is used as an insult about a woman's or girl's weight rather than as a neutral description, and it carries the same sting in Indian English that comparable body-shaming words carry elsewhere. It appears in speech and writing set in India rather than in general English.
How MOTI is used
Offensive; recorded as a term of ridicule about weight, not a polite or neutral word.
- The children in the story cruelly called the girl moti behind her back.
- She hated being labelled moti just because of her size.
- The novel shows how the word moti wounded her for years.
- He was ashamed of himself for once using moti to tease his cousin.
- The teacher scolded the boys for shouting moti at their classmate.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of MOTI and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of MOTI
The 4 tiles of MOTI in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with MOTI
Showing 24 of 44 words that begin with MOTI.
Words with MOTI inside
Showing 24 of 134 words that contain MOTI somewhere in the middle. Words that start with MOTI are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in MOTI
Common questions about MOTI
- Is MOTI valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and MOTI is not in it.
- How many points is MOTI worth?
- MOTI is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends.
- What does MOTI mean?
- A disparaging Indian English term for a fat woman or girl.
- What letters can be added to MOTI?
- MOTI takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of MOTI:
Open MOTI in the Word Finder