NOT is a valid Scrabble word — 3 points
Yes. NOT is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 3 points in Scrabble and 4 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept NOT?
| 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: 44 / 100
Our own measure of how useful NOT is to know. It scores 3 from 3 tiles, takes 6 hooks, and its letters make up 6.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for NOT
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How NOT scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in NOT, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| n | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 561.
What does NOT mean in Scrabble?
adverb
Used to make a word or a clause negative.
Not was reinforced by a second negative in Old English, and double negatives were standard until grammarians objected in the eighteenth century. Most languages still use them, and so does most English speech.
How NOT is used
After the auxiliary verb. Contracted to -n't.
- It is not finished and will not be by Friday.
- The word not once needed a partner to do its job.
- Not everybody agreed, and not everybody said so.
- Before 1750 a second not in the same clause was standard.
- Not one of them had read it.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of NOT and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of NOT
The 3 tiles of NOT in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with NOT
Showing 24 of 171 words that begin with NOT.
Words ending in NOT
15 words end in NOT. Useful as a back hook: play NOT onto a word already on the board.
Words with NOT inside
Showing 24 of 498 words that contain NOT somewhere in the middle. Words that start with NOT are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in NOT
Common questions about NOT
- Is NOT valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts NOT, where it scores 4 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is NOT worth?
- NOT is worth 3 points in Scrabble and 4 points in Words with Friends.
- What does NOT mean?
- Used to make a word or a clause negative.
- What letters can be added to NOT?
- NOT takes 6 hooks: 2 in front and 4 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of NOT:
Open NOT in the Word Finder