RATTAN is a valid Scrabble word — 6 points
Yes. RATTAN is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 6 points in Scrabble and 7 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept RATTAN?
| 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 RATTAN is to know. It scores 6 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 7.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for RATTAN
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
rattansChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How RATTAN scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in RATTAN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| r | 1 | 6 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| t | 2 | 6 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 61,320.
What stands out about RATTAN
- The same 6 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 RATTAN mean in Scrabble?
noun
botany
A tropical climbing palm with long, thin, jointed stems, or the tough cane cut from it and used to make furniture, baskets and canes.
Rattan grows wild across the forests of South and Southeast Asia, climbing over other trees by means of long whip-like stems that can reach many metres in length. Once cut and stripped of its spiny outer sheath, the cane is flexible enough to be bent and woven while still strong enough to bear weight, which is why it became the standard material for wicker chairs, baskets and blinds long before plastic imitations appeared. The same word names both the living plant and the worked material, so furniture makers speak of weaving with rattan while botanists speak of the rattan growing in the forest. In some older texts a rattan names simply the walking stick or cane cut from this plant, carried under the arm rather than used for furniture at all.
How RATTAN is used
Common in everyday speech about furniture and handicrafts, and in botanical or trade writing about the palm itself.
- The veranda was furnished with rattan chairs and a low rattan table.
- Weavers split the rattan into thin strips before working it into baskets.
- A single rattan can grow for decades, climbing high into the forest canopy.
- He carried a slim rattan under his arm like a walking stick.
- The blinds were made of woven rattan rather than bamboo.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of RATTAN and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of RATTAN
The 6 tiles of RATTAN in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with RATTAN
1 longer words begin with RATTAN.
Shorter words from the letters in RATTAN
Common questions about RATTAN
- Is RATTAN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts RATTAN, where it scores 7 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is RATTAN worth?
- RATTAN is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends.
- What does RATTAN mean?
- A tropical climbing palm with long, thin, jointed stems, or the tough cane cut from it and used to make furniture, baskets and canes.
- What letters can be added to RATTAN?
- RATTAN takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of RATTAN:
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