ROTARY is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. ROTARY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 8 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ROTARY?
| 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 ROTARY is to know. It scores 9 from 6 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ROTARY
No single letter turns ROTARY into another word.
How ROTARY scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in ROTARY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| r | 2 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 91,979.
What does ROTARY mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Turning around a fixed centre or axis, the way a wheel or a propeller does.
Machines described as rotary do their work by spinning a part in a circle instead of pushing it back and forth. Rotary dial telephones, rotary engines and rotary lawn mowers all take their name from that circling motion. As a noun, a rotary is also the American word for a traffic circle, and with a capital letter it names a well-known service club.
How ROTARY is used
Usually placed before a noun, as in a rotary switch; in New England a rotary is also a roundabout.
- The old rotary phone clicked slowly as she dialled each number.
- A rotary cutter spins flat against the grass.
- Drivers must yield when entering the rotary at the edge of town.
- He replaced the rotary switch on the radio.
- The rotary design lets the blade keep one smooth motion.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ROTARY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in ROTARY
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Common questions about ROTARY
- Is ROTARY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ROTARY, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ROTARY worth?
- ROTARY is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ROTARY mean?
- Turning around a fixed centre or axis, the way a wheel or a propeller does.
- What letters can be added to ROTARY?
- No single letter can be added to ROTARY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of ROTARY:
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