ROUTE is a valid Scrabble word — 5 points
Yes. ROUTE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 5 points in Scrabble and 6 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ROUTE?
| 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: 39 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ROUTE is to know. It scores 5 from 5 tiles, takes 4 hooks, and its letters make up 7.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ROUTE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ROUTE scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in ROUTE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| r | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 5,446.
What stands out about ROUTE
- The same 5 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 ROUTE mean in Scrabble?
noun
A way, road or course followed to get from one place to another, especially one that is regularly used for travel, transport or delivery.
A route can be as simple as the path a person walks to work or as complex as the network of roads, rails or shipping lanes that carriers plan to move goods efficiently. Software and satellite navigation tools now calculate the fastest or shortest route automatically, taking traffic and distance into account. Route is also used as a verb meaning to direct something along a particular path, as when a company routes calls to different offices.
How ROUTE is used
An everyday word in travel, transport, delivery and computer networking, used both as a noun and as a verb.
- The app suggested a faster route around the traffic jam.
- Postal workers follow the same delivery route each morning.
- Hikers studied the map to plan their route up the mountain.
- The airline changed its route to avoid the storm.
- Engineers had to route the new pipeline around the wetland.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ROUTE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of ROUTE
The 5 tiles of ROUTE in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with ROUTE
13 longer words begin with ROUTE.
Words ending in ROUTE
6 words end in ROUTE. Useful as a back hook: play ROUTE onto a word already on the board.
Words with ROUTE inside
18 words contain ROUTE in the middle. Words that start with ROUTE are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in ROUTE
Common questions about ROUTE
- Is ROUTE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ROUTE, where it scores 6 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ROUTE worth?
- ROUTE is worth 5 points in Scrabble and 6 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ROUTE mean?
- A way, road or course followed to get from one place to another, especially one that is regularly used for travel, transport or delivery.
- What letters can be added to ROUTE?
- ROUTE takes 4 hooks: 1 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of ROUTE:
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