PLOTTY is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. PLOTTY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PLOTTY?
| 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: 28 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PLOTTY is to know. It scores 11 from 6 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PLOTTY
No single letter turns PLOTTY into another word.
How PLOTTY scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in PLOTTY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| t | 2 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 620,861.
What stands out about PLOTTY
- PLOTTY gets by on a single vowel across 6 letters.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does PLOTTY mean in Scrabble?
adjective
informal
Having a complicated, twisting storyline with many turns of events.
Reviewers reach for plotty when a novel, play or film keeps its audience busy following schemes and reversals rather than characters. It is built from plot with the ending -y, much as hilly comes from hill. The word can be praise for a gripping tale or a mild complaint about one that is overloaded.
How PLOTTY is used
Informal; used in reviews and casual talk about stories.
- It is a plotty thriller in which nobody is who they seem.
- I like a plotty mystery on a long train ride.
- The second season turned plotty and lost some of its charm.
- Her plotty first novel needed a diagram to follow.
- He prefers quiet films to plotty ones.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PLOTTY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in PLOTTY
Common questions about PLOTTY
- Is PLOTTY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PLOTTY, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PLOTTY worth?
- PLOTTY is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PLOTTY mean?
- Having a complicated, twisting storyline with many turns of events.
- What letters can be added to PLOTTY?
- No single letter can be added to PLOTTY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of PLOTTY:
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