ROT

What ROT Means

1. noun: (biology) the process of decay caused by bacterial or fungal action
2. noun: unacceptable behavior (especially ludicrously false statements)
3. verb: break down“The bodies decomposed in the heat”
4. verb: become physically weaker“Political prisoners are wasting away in many prisons all over the world”

Similar words

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

ROT is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 3 in Scrabble and 3 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as R1 O1 T1.

Anagrams of ROT (2)

Same letters, different order. Any of these plays the same tiles for the same score.

Words Made From The Letters In ROT

2 shorter words come out of these tiles. On a board that matters more than the long play, because a short word on a premium square often beats a long one on plain squares.

2 letter words (2)

Longer Words Containing ROT

ROT appears inside each of these, which is what makes it worth knowing as a hook.

Next: the Word Unscrambler for any letters at all, and the two and three letter lists. Full entry and definition at Merriam-Webster.