WOOT is valid in Collins, not in North America — 7 points
It depends on the list you play by. WOOT is in Collins, used in the UK and most of the world, but it is not in the North American lists — so in a US or Canadian game an opponent can challenge it off the board. Worth 7 points. Words with Friends does accept it.
Which word lists accept WOOT?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 33 / 100
Our own measure of how useful WOOT is to know. It scores 7 from 4 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for WOOT
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
wootzChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How WOOT scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in WOOT, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| w | 1 | 2 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 11,670.
What does WOOT mean in Scrabble?
interjection
informalslang
Used to express excitement, enthusiasm, or triumph.
Woot is an informal shout of joy or victory, popularized among online gamers and internet chat before spreading into everyday informal writing. Someone might type woot after winning a game or hearing good news, much as they might shout hooray. An older, unrelated sense of woot appears in Shakespeare as a form of wilt thou, though that use has long disappeared from the language.
How WOOT is used
Informal and mainly written, especially in online chat and casual messages rather than formal speech.
- Woot, we finally finished the project on time!
- She typed woot in the chat after winning the round.
- Woot! The package arrived a day early.
- He shouted woot when his team scored.
- The forum lit up with woot when the update was announced.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of WOOT and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with WOOT
2 longer words begin with WOOT.
Shorter words from the letters in WOOT
Common questions about WOOT
- Is WOOT valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts WOOT, where it scores 7 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is WOOT worth?
- WOOT is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends.
- What does WOOT mean?
- Used to express excitement, enthusiasm, or triumph.
- What letters can be added to WOOT?
- WOOT takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of WOOT:
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