What ROTES Means
ROTES is a form of ROT, which means:
- noun: (biology) the process of decay caused by bacterial or fungal action
- noun: unacceptable behavior (especially ludicrously false statements)
- verb: break down“The bodies decomposed in the heat”
- 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
ROTES is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 5 in Scrabble and 5 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as R1 O1 T1 E1 S1.
Anagrams of ROTES (6)
Same letters, different order. Any of these plays the same tiles for the same score.
Words Made From The Letters In ROTES
48 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.
4 letter words (19)
3 letter words (18)
2 letter words (11)
Longer Words Containing ROTES
ROTES appears inside each of these, which is what makes it worth knowing as a hook.
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