RATTY is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. RATTY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 7 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept RATTY?
| 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: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful RATTY is to know. It scores 8 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for RATTY
Front hooks — 1
brattyBack hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How RATTY scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in RATTY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| r | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| t | 2 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 46,474.
What does RATTY mean in Scrabble?
adjective
informal
Shabby, worn, or in poor condition, often to the point of looking neglected.
Ratty describes clothing, furniture, or buildings that look tattered from age or heavy use, as though gnawed down over time. British speakers also use ratty informally to mean bad-tempered or easily irritated, a separate sense that grew from the same word rather than from the shabby meaning. Both senses stayed informal, so ratty rarely appears in careful or formal writing.
How RATTY is used
Informal in tone, common in everyday British and American speech about worn-out belongings.
- He refused to throw away his ratty old sweater despite the holes.
- The hotel room had a ratty carpet that had not been replaced in decades.
- She carried a ratty backpack held together with safety pins.
- Their ratty couch had been through three house moves.
- The dog looked even scruffier with its ratty, muddy tail.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of RATTY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of RATTY
The 5 tiles of RATTY in a different order — 1 found.
Words ending in RATTY
1 words end in RATTY. Useful as a back hook: play RATTY onto a word already on the board.
Shorter words from the letters in RATTY
Common questions about RATTY
- Is RATTY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts RATTY, where it scores 7 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is RATTY worth?
- RATTY is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends.
- What does RATTY mean?
- Shabby, worn, or in poor condition, often to the point of looking neglected.
- What letters can be added to RATTY?
- RATTY takes 1 hook: 1 in front and 0 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of RATTY:
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