ROTAVATOR is valid in Collins, not in North America — 12 points

It depends on the list you play by. ROTAVATOR is in Collins, used in the UK and most of the world, but it is not in the North American lists — so in a US or Canadian game an opponent can challenge it off the board. Worth 12 points. Words with Friends does accept it.

Which word lists accept ROTAVATOR?

Word power: 31 / 100

Our own measure of how useful ROTAVATOR is to know. It scores 12 from 9 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated

Hooks for ROTAVATOR

Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.

How ROTAVATOR scores

Face value of the 9 tiles in ROTAVATOR, before any board multiplier.

Tiles you need

Longer than a 7-tile rack, so ROTAVATOR has to be built on the board across turns.

What stands out about ROTAVATOR

• ROTAVATOR is a palindrome: it reads the same in both directions, so it plays the same way whichever end you build from.
• ROTAVATOR begins and ends with the same letter.

Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things

Words starting with ROTAVATOR

1 longer words begin with ROTAVATOR.

Shorter words from the letters in ROTAVATOR

Showing 40 of 78. See all in the Word Finder

Common questions about ROTAVATOR

Is ROTAVATOR valid in Words with Friends?

Yes. Words with Friends accepts ROTAVATOR, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.

How many points is ROTAVATOR worth?

ROTAVATOR is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.

What letters can be added to ROTAVATOR?

ROTAVATOR takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.