ROTL is a valid Scrabble word — 4 points
Yes. ROTL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 4 points in Scrabble and 5 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ROTL?
| 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: 27 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ROTL is to know. It scores 4 from 4 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ROTL
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
rotlsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ROTL scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in ROTL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| r | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 3,404.
What does ROTL mean in Scrabble?
noun
historical
A traditional unit of weight used in Middle Eastern and North African countries, roughly equal to a pound.
The rotl was used across the historical Islamic world for weighing goods such as food and spices, though its exact value shifted from region to region, ranging from about one to five pounds. It functioned much like the pound in English-speaking countries before standardized metric measures replaced it in most official use. The word survives today mainly in historical and regional contexts rather than everyday commerce.
How ROTL is used
Historical and regional unit; rarely used in modern metric contexts outside historical or specialist texts.
- The merchant weighed the spices in rotls, not kilograms.
- An old market record listed prices per rotl of grain.
- One rotl varied slightly between Cairo and Damascus.
- The historian explained how a rotl compared to a modern pound.
- Recipes from the period often measured flour by the rotl.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ROTL and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with ROTL
1 longer words begin with ROTL.
Words with ROTL inside
3 words contain ROTL in the middle. Words that start with ROTL are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in ROTL
Common questions about ROTL
- Is ROTL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ROTL, where it scores 5 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ROTL worth?
- ROTL is worth 4 points in Scrabble and 5 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ROTL mean?
- A traditional unit of weight used in Middle Eastern and North African countries, roughly equal to a pound.
- What letters can be added to ROTL?
- ROTL takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of ROTL:
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