SCOT is a valid Scrabble word — 6 points
Yes. SCOT 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 SCOT?
| 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: 35 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SCOT is to know. It scores 6 from 4 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 5.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SCOT
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SCOT scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in SCOT, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 10,212.
What stands out about SCOT
- The same 4 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 SCOT mean in Scrabble?
noun
historical
A tax, fine, or payment formerly owed to a local authority.
Scot named a customary payment collected in medieval and early modern communities, often for local upkeep or a shared feast, and someone who avoided paying it went scot-free, the only place the word now commonly survives. Outside that phrase, scot itself is largely forgotten in ordinary speech.
How SCOT is used
Historical; met chiefly in discussions of the phrase scot-free and in older legal or local records.
- Every household owed a small scot toward the church roof.
- He paid his scot without complaint at the town meeting.
- Records show the scot collected from each tenant that year.
- Failing to pay the scot could bring a fine.
- The old charter lists the scot owed by every mill.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SCOT and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of SCOT
The 4 tiles of SCOT in a different order — 3 found.
Words starting with SCOT
Showing 24 of 27 words that begin with SCOT.
Words ending in SCOT
4 words end in SCOT. Useful as a back hook: play SCOT onto a word already on the board.
Words with SCOT inside
Showing 24 of 25 words that contain SCOT somewhere in the middle. Words that start with SCOT are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in SCOT
Common questions about SCOT
- Is SCOT valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SCOT, where it scores 7 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SCOT worth?
- SCOT is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SCOT mean?
- A tax, fine, or payment formerly owed to a local authority.
- What letters can be added to SCOT?
- SCOT takes 3 hooks: 2 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of SCOT:
Open SCOT in the Word Finder