RATTON is a valid Scrabble word — 6 points
Yes. RATTON 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 RATTON?
| 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 RATTON is to know. It scores 6 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for RATTON
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
rattonsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How RATTON scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in RATTON, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| r | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| t | 2 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 30,660.
What stands out about RATTON
- 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 RATTON mean in Scrabble?
noun
dialecthistorical
A dialect word for a rat, especially a small one.
Ratton traces back to an old French diminutive form and was once the ordinary term for the animal in parts of northern England and Scotland, long before rat became the standard word everywhere. It survives today mainly in folklore, place names and dialect writing rather than in everyday speech, most famously in tales of pipers who lure every last ratton out of a town plagued by vermin. A street or lane once overrun with the creatures could even be nicknamed a ratton row, and dialect glossaries from Scotland and the north of England still record the word alongside rottan and other local spellings of the same old term.
How RATTON is used
A dialect and historical term, met mainly in older Scottish or northern English writing rather than in current speech.
- The old ballad tells of a piper who led every ratton out of the town.
- Villagers still called the narrow lane Ratton Row long after the rats were gone.
- A ratton had gnawed through the sack of grain in the barn.
- The dialect glossary listed ratton alongside other local words for rat.
- In the story, a single ratton is blamed for spoiling the whole larder.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of RATTON and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of RATTON
The 6 tiles of RATTON in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with RATTON
1 longer words begin with RATTON.
Shorter words from the letters in RATTON
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Common questions about RATTON
- Is RATTON valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts RATTON, where it scores 7 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is RATTON worth?
- RATTON is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends.
- What does RATTON mean?
- A dialect word for a rat, especially a small one.
- What letters can be added to RATTON?
- RATTON takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of RATTON:
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