ROGATORY is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. ROGATORY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ROGATORY?
| 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: 38 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ROGATORY is to know. It scores 12 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ROGATORY
No single letter turns ROGATORY into another word.
How ROGATORY scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in ROGATORY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| r | 2 | 6 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so ROGATORY has to be built on the board across turns.
What does ROGATORY mean in Scrabble?
adjective
legal
Asking for information or authorised to seek it, especially in a legal inquiry.
You are most likely to meet rogatory in "letters rogatory", a formal request from one court to another abroad to take evidence. Outside law the word is almost unknown.
How ROGATORY is used
Occurs in legal English, nearly always in the phrase "rogatory letters" or "letters rogatory".
- The judge issued a rogatory commission to hear the witness overseas.
- A rogatory request went to the foreign court for the records.
- Lawyers described the rogatory procedure as slow but reliable.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ROGATORY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in ROGATORY
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Common questions about ROGATORY
- Is ROGATORY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ROGATORY, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ROGATORY worth?
- ROGATORY is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ROGATORY mean?
- Asking for information or authorised to seek it, especially in a legal inquiry.
- What letters can be added to ROGATORY?
- No single letter can be added to ROGATORY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of ROGATORY:
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