WOTS is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. WOTS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 7 points in Scrabble and 7 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept WOTS?
| 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: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful WOTS is to know. It scores 7 from 4 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for WOTS
Front hooks — 1
swotsBack hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How WOTS scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in WOTS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| w | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 10,212.
What stands out about WOTS
- The same 4 tiles also spell 6 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 WOTS mean in Scrabble?
verb
archaic
To know; the archaic third person singular form of wot, used with he, she, or it.
Wots comes from the old verb wot, itself derived from wit, and marks what he, she or it does when awareness is meant. A line such as he wots not appears often in early writing, simply saying someone lacks that awareness, though nobody would write it in an ordinary sentence today.
How WOTS is used
Archaic; found in older texts and quotations rather than current speech.
- He wots not what trouble lies ahead.
- The old proverb says little he wots of danger.
- She wots well enough what is expected of her.
- The archaic wots appears throughout the old manuscript.
- Few today would say he wots instead of he knows.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of WOTS and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of WOTS
The 4 tiles of WOTS in a different order — 6 found.
Words ending in WOTS
1 words end in WOTS. Useful as a back hook: play WOTS onto a word already on the board.
Shorter words from the letters in WOTS
Common questions about WOTS
- Is WOTS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts WOTS, where it scores 7 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is WOTS worth?
- WOTS is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends.
- What does WOTS mean?
- To know; the archaic third person singular form of wot, used with he, she, or it.
- What letters can be added to WOTS?
- WOTS takes 1 hook: 1 in front and 0 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of WOTS:
Open WOTS in the Word Finder