ROTE is a valid Scrabble word — 4 points
Yes. ROTE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 4 points in Scrabble and 4 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ROTE?
| 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 ROTE is to know. It scores 4 from 4 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 8.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ROTE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ROTE scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in ROTE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| r | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,135.
What does ROTE mean in Scrabble?
noun
Mechanical repetition used to memorize something, without necessarily understanding its meaning.
Learning by rote means repeating words or facts over and over until they are fixed in memory, whether or not the learner grasps their sense. It is common in memorizing multiplication tables, poems or religious texts, where exact wording matters more than analysis. The word is almost always used in the fixed phrase by rote.
How ROTE is used
Nearly always appears in the phrase by rote; rarely used alone in modern writing.
- The students memorized the poem by rote before they understood it.
- He learned his multiplication tables by rote in primary school.
- Reciting prayers by rote was common in the old classroom.
- She criticized the method for teaching grammar by rote alone.
- The actor's lines were learned by rote long before rehearsal began.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ROTE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of ROTE
The 4 tiles of ROTE in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with ROTE
5 longer words begin with ROTE.
Words ending in ROTE
19 words end in ROTE. Useful as a back hook: play ROTE onto a word already on the board.
Words with ROTE inside
Showing 24 of 239 words that contain ROTE somewhere in the middle. Words that start with ROTE are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in ROTE
Common questions about ROTE
- Is ROTE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ROTE, where it scores 4 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ROTE worth?
- ROTE is worth 4 points in Scrabble and 4 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ROTE mean?
- Mechanical repetition used to memorize something, without necessarily understanding its meaning.
- What letters can be added to ROTE?
- ROTE takes 3 hooks: 1 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of ROTE:
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