ROTURIER is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. ROTURIER is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ROTURIER?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 40 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ROTURIER is to know. It scores 8 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 7.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ROTURIER
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
roturiersChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ROTURIER scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in ROTURIER, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| r | 3 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so ROTURIER has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about ROTURIER
- ROTURIER begins and ends with the same letter.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does ROTURIER mean in Scrabble?
noun
historical
A commoner, especially in old France a person who belonged neither to the nobility nor to the clergy.
The word comes from a French term linked to breaking ground, and a roturier was typically a peasant, townsman or merchant. In Canada it also named a person who held land from a seigneur and paid an annual rent.
How ROTURIER is used
Roturier turns up in history books about French society before the Revolution and about colonial land holding.
- A wealthy roturier could buy land but not the rights of a noble.
- The roturier paid taxes from which the nobility were free.
- In New France a roturier rented his farm from the seigneur.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ROTURIER and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with ROTURIER
1 longer words begin with ROTURIER.
Shorter words from the letters in ROTURIER
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Common questions about ROTURIER
- Is ROTURIER valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ROTURIER, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ROTURIER worth?
- ROTURIER is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ROTURIER mean?
- A commoner, especially in old France a person who belonged neither to the nobility nor to the clergy.
- What letters can be added to ROTURIER?
- ROTURIER takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of ROTURIER:
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