ROTTEN is a valid Scrabble word — 6 points
Yes. ROTTEN is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 6 points in Scrabble and 7 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ROTTEN?
| 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: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ROTTEN is to know. It scores 6 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 7.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ROTTEN
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
rottensChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ROTTEN scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in ROTTEN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| r | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| t | 2 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 22,995.
What does ROTTEN mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Decayed and spoiled through age or bacteria, or, more broadly, morally corrupt or thoroughly bad.
Rotten describes food, wood, or other organic matter once bacteria and fungi have broken it down past the point of use, leaving it soft, discoloured, and often foul-smelling. English extended the word early on to anything corrupt or dishonest, so a rotten deal or a rotten system carries the same sense of decay applied to conduct rather than matter. The word also turns up as a blunt intensifier in British speech, where a rotten day simply means a thoroughly bad one. All three uses share the same core idea of something spoiled beyond repair.
How ROTTEN is used
Common in both literal descriptions of decay and informal complaints about something unpleasant or unfair.
- The apples at the bottom of the barrel had gone rotten.
- He accused the council of running a rotten, corrupt system.
- A rotten smell drifted up from the drains.
- She called the whole scheme a rotten idea from the start.
- The old fence post was rotten right through the middle.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ROTTEN and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of ROTTEN
The 6 tiles of ROTTEN in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with ROTTEN
10 longer words begin with ROTTEN.
Shorter words from the letters in ROTTEN
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Common questions about ROTTEN
- Is ROTTEN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ROTTEN, where it scores 7 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ROTTEN worth?
- ROTTEN is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ROTTEN mean?
- Decayed and spoiled through age or bacteria, or, more broadly, morally corrupt or thoroughly bad.
- What letters can be added to ROTTEN?
- ROTTEN takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of ROTTEN:
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