RATANY is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. RATANY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept RATANY?
| 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: 29 / 100
Our own measure of how useful RATANY is to know. It scores 9 from 6 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for RATANY
No single letter turns RATANY into another word.
How RATANY scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in RATANY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| r | 1 | 6 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 76,649.
What does RATANY mean in Scrabble?
noun
botany
Either of two South American shrubs of the pea family whose thick roots are rich in astringent substances.
Ratany is a low, woody desert plant, and its roots have long been dried and used in medicines and mouth preparations for their tightening effect. The name came into English from Spanish and Quechua, and a variant spelling is rhatany. Some species also grow in the dry country of the American Southwest. The plant is little known outside botany and herbal medicine.
How RATANY is used
A botanical term, mainly used in herbal and botanical writing.
- The ratany grows low and spiny on the dry slopes.
- An extract of ratany root was once sold as a gum tonic.
- Botanists collected a ratany from the high desert.
- The ratany has deep red roots and small pink flowers.
- A chemist described ratany as a strong astringent.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of RATANY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of RATANY
The 6 tiles of RATANY in a different order — 1 found.
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Common questions about RATANY
- Is RATANY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts RATANY, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is RATANY worth?
- RATANY is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does RATANY mean?
- Either of two South American shrubs of the pea family whose thick roots are rich in astringent substances.
- What letters can be added to RATANY?
- No single letter can be added to RATANY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of RATANY:
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