WOOTZ is valid in Collins, not in North America — 17 points
It depends on the list you play by. WOOTZ 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 17 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept WOOTZ?
| 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 | Not listed |
Word power: 42 / 100
Our own measure of how useful WOOTZ is to know. It scores 17 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for WOOTZ
No single letter turns WOOTZ into another word.
How WOOTZ scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in WOOTZ, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| w | 1 | 2 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| z | 1 | 1 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 224,070.
What does WOOTZ mean in Scrabble?
noun
historicaltechnical
A high-quality crucible steel historically produced in southern India and prized for making strong, sharp blades.
Wootz was made by melting iron with carbon-rich material inside a sealed crucible, producing a steel valued across the ancient and medieval world for sword blades of great strength and sharpness. Traders carried it westward long before modern steelmaking existed.
How WOOTZ is used
Historical and technical term; used in metallurgy and the history of ancient technology.
- Blacksmiths prized wootz for the fine blades it produced.
- Traders carried wootz from India to distant markets.
- Historians study wootz to understand ancient metalworking.
- The sword was forged from imported wootz steel.
- Modern smiths have tried to recreate traditional wootz.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of WOOTZ and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with WOOTZ
1 longer words begin with WOOTZ.
Shorter words from the letters in WOOTZ
Common questions about WOOTZ
- Is WOOTZ valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and WOOTZ is not in it.
- How many points is WOOTZ worth?
- WOOTZ is worth 17 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does WOOTZ mean?
- A high-quality crucible steel historically produced in southern India and prized for making strong, sharp blades.
- What letters can be added to WOOTZ?
- No single letter can be added to WOOTZ to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of WOOTZ:
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