ROTTE is a valid Scrabble word — 5 points
Yes. ROTTE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 5 points in Scrabble and 5 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ROTTE?
| 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: 40 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ROTTE is to know. It scores 5 from 5 tiles, takes 4 hooks, and its letters make up 7.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ROTTE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ROTTE scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in ROTTE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| r | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| t | 2 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 8,714.
What stands out about ROTTE
- The same 5 tiles also spell 3 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does ROTTE mean in Scrabble?
noun
historicalmusic
A medieval stringed instrument, plucked or strummed like a small lyre or harp, used in Europe before instruments such as the lute became common.
Descriptions of the rotte vary between medieval sources, and scholars still debate exactly how many strings it had or how closely it resembled the related crwth and psaltery. Travelling minstrels are thought to have used the rotte to accompany songs and poetry at courts and gatherings across medieval Europe. It disappeared from ordinary use long before modern instrument families took shape, and today the word survives mainly in writing about early music.
How ROTTE is used
Encountered almost only in historical and musicological writing about medieval instruments, not in modern musical practice.
- The manuscript illustration showed a minstrel playing a rotte.
- Historians compare the rotte to the related lyre and crwth.
- Early music ensembles sometimes build replicas of the rotte.
- The rotte fell out of use as the lute grew popular.
- Little survives to show exactly how a medieval rotte was strung.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ROTTE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of ROTTE
The 5 tiles of ROTTE in a different order — 3 found.
Words starting with ROTTE
15 longer words begin with ROTTE.
Words ending in ROTTE
2 words end in ROTTE. Useful as a back hook: play ROTTE onto a word already on the board.
Words with ROTTE inside
24 words contain ROTTE in the middle. Words that start with ROTTE are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in ROTTE
Common questions about ROTTE
- Is ROTTE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ROTTE, where it scores 5 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ROTTE worth?
- ROTTE is worth 5 points in Scrabble and 5 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ROTTE mean?
- A medieval stringed instrument, plucked or strummed like a small lyre or harp, used in Europe before instruments such as the lute became common.
- What letters can be added to ROTTE?
- ROTTE takes 4 hooks: 0 in front and 4 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of ROTTE:
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