ROUT is a valid Scrabble word — 4 points
Yes. ROUT 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 ROUT?
| 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: 43 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ROUT is to know. It scores 4 from 4 tiles, takes 6 hooks, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ROUT
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ROUT scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in ROUT, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| r | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 3,404.
What stands out about ROUT
- The same 4 tiles also spell 2 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 ROUT mean in Scrabble?
verb
To defeat someone or something completely and force them into disorderly flight.
When one side is routed in battle or competition, it is not just beaten but scattered in chaotic retreat, unable to keep any order. The word rout also works as a noun for this same chaotic defeat, and in sport or an election a rout means a lopsided, embarrassing loss for one side.
How ROUT is used
Common in accounts of battles, sports and elections; suggests a beating so complete that order collapses.
- The general could not stop the rout once his lines broke.
- Historians call the battle a total rout for the invading army.
- The home team suffered a humiliating rout, losing by forty points.
- Cavalry charged in and turned the retreat into a rout.
- Analysts called the election result a rout for the ruling party.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ROUT and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of ROUT
The 4 tiles of ROUT in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with ROUT
Showing 24 of 46 words that begin with ROUT.
Words ending in ROUT
10 words end in ROUT. Useful as a back hook: play ROUT onto a word already on the board.
Words with ROUT inside
Showing 24 of 71 words that contain ROUT somewhere in the middle. Words that start with ROUT are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in ROUT
Common questions about ROUT
- Is ROUT valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ROUT, where it scores 5 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ROUT worth?
- ROUT is worth 4 points in Scrabble and 5 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ROUT mean?
- To defeat someone or something completely and force them into disorderly flight.
- What letters can be added to ROUT?
- ROUT takes 6 hooks: 3 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of ROUT:
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