OTTAR is a valid Scrabble word — 5 points
Yes. OTTAR is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 5 points in Scrabble and 5 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept OTTAR?
| 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: 33 / 100
Our own measure of how useful OTTAR is to know. It scores 5 from 5 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 7.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for OTTAR
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How OTTAR scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in OTTAR, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| o | 1 | 8 |
| t | 2 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 11,618.
What stands out about OTTAR
- The same 5 tiles also spell 3 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 OTTAR mean in Scrabble?
noun
rare
The precious rose-petal perfume oil, better known today under its more common spelling, attar.
Ottar is one of several English spellings that arose when a Persian word for fragrant oil reached English through trade with India, alongside the forms attar and otto; dictionaries treat ottar as a variant rather than as a separate substance. The finest supplies have traditionally come from centres such as Kannauj in northern India and the rose-growing valleys of Bulgaria, where petals are distilled soon after dawn picking, before the heat of the day weakens their scent. Because so many petals go into so little oil, ottar has long ranked among the costliest natural ingredients by weight. A writer choosing ottar over the other spellings is usually following an older source rather than pointing to any difference in the oil itself.
How OTTAR is used
A less common spelling of attar, met occasionally in older writing or specialist perfumery texts about rose oil.
- A single drop of ottar carried the scent of a thousand roses.
- The merchant sold small vials of ottar in the bazaar.
- Distilling ottar required petals gathered before sunrise.
- She dabbed a trace of ottar behind her ears.
- Old travel accounts describe the ottar trade of the region.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of OTTAR and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of OTTAR
The 5 tiles of OTTAR in a different order — 3 found.
Words starting with OTTAR
1 longer words begin with OTTAR.
Words ending in OTTAR
1 words end in OTTAR. Useful as a back hook: play OTTAR onto a word already on the board.
Words with OTTAR inside
3 words contain OTTAR in the middle. Words that start with OTTAR are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in OTTAR
Common questions about OTTAR
- Is OTTAR valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts OTTAR, where it scores 5 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is OTTAR worth?
- OTTAR is worth 5 points in Scrabble and 5 points in Words with Friends.
- What does OTTAR mean?
- The precious rose-petal perfume oil, better known today under its more common spelling, attar.
- What letters can be added to OTTAR?
- OTTAR takes 2 hooks: 1 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of OTTAR:
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