ORT is a valid Scrabble word — 3 points
Yes. ORT is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 3 points in Scrabble and 3 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ORT?
| 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 ORT is to know. It scores 3 from 3 tiles, takes 10 hooks, and its letters make up 6.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ORT
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ORT scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in ORT, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| o | 1 | 8 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 561.
What stands out about ORT
- The same 3 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 ORT mean in Scrabble?
noun
archaic
A scrap of food left after a meal.
Ort is nearly always plural and survives mostly in older writing about tables and pigs. It came from a Germanic word about what is left out, and it dropped out of speech by about 1900.
How ORT is used
Usually plural: orts. Archaic.
- The orts went to the pigs and nothing was wasted.
- The word ort means a scrap left on a plate.
- An ort is what a modern kitchen calls waste.
- Orts appear in old writing about tables.
- Nobody has used ort in speech since about 1900.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ORT and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of ORT
The 3 tiles of ORT in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with ORT
Showing 24 of 191 words that begin with ORT.
Words ending in ORT
Showing 24 of 190 words that end in ORT. Useful as a back hook: play ORT onto a word already on the board.
Words with ORT inside
Showing 24 of 1743 words that contain ORT somewhere in the middle. Words that start with ORT are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in ORT
Common questions about ORT
- Is ORT valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ORT, where it scores 3 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ORT worth?
- ORT is worth 3 points in Scrabble and 3 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ORT mean?
- A scrap of food left after a meal.
- What letters can be added to ORT?
- ORT takes 10 hooks: 9 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of ORT:
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