SPOTTY is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. SPOTTY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SPOTTY?
| 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: 28 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SPOTTY is to know. It scores 11 from 6 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SPOTTY
No single letter turns SPOTTY into another word.
How SPOTTY scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in SPOTTY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| t | 2 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 620,861.
What stands out about SPOTTY
- SPOTTY gets by on a single vowel across 6 letters.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does SPOTTY mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Marked with spots, or uneven in quality and coverage.
Spotty is the everyday adjective for a surface covered in small marks, whether the marks are freckles, pimples or paint flecks on a window. It has an important figurative use too: spotty performance, spotty reception or spotty attendance all describe something that works in places and fails in others. It is a good word for patchiness that is irregular rather than steady.
How SPOTTY is used
Very common; the figurative sense of unevenness is at least as frequent as the literal one.
- The teenager worried about his spotty chin before the dance.
- Mobile reception is spotty once you leave the valley.
- The old dog had a spotty brown and white coat.
- His record at the club was spotty at best.
- The mirror had gone spotty with age.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SPOTTY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of SPOTTY
The 6 tiles of SPOTTY in a different order — 1 found.
Shorter words from the letters in SPOTTY
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Common questions about SPOTTY
- Is SPOTTY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SPOTTY, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SPOTTY worth?
- SPOTTY is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SPOTTY mean?
- Marked with spots, or uneven in quality and coverage.
- What letters can be added to SPOTTY?
- No single letter can be added to SPOTTY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of SPOTTY:
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