Is BOT a Scrabble word?
Yes. BOT is a valid Scrabble word in both tournament lists, NWL2023 and Collins, and in ENABLE. It scores 5 points in Scrabble and 6 in Words With Friends.
Meaning The larva of a botfly, which infests the skin of various mammals, producing warbles, or the nasal passage of sheep, or the stomach of horses.
Noun 4 meanings
The larva of a botfly, which infests the skin of various mammals, producing warbles, or the nasal passage of sheep, or the stomach of horses.
A physical robot.
A piece of software designed to perform a task (often a minor but repetitive one) automatically or on command, especially when operating with the appearance of a (human) user profile or account.
A computer-controlled character in a video game, especially a multiplayer one.
Verb 2 meanings
To ask for and be given something with the direct intention of exploiting the thing’s usefulness, almost exclusively with cigarettes.
“Can I bot a smoke?”
To use a bot, or automated program.
“Players caught botting will be banned from the server.”
Etymology
Unknown. Possibly a modification of Scottish Gaelic boiteag (“maggot”), but the word already existed in Middle English, so the reverse direction of borrowing is likely. Possibly from Middle Low German [Term?].
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BOT at a glance
BOT has 3 letters and scores 5 points in Scrabble (B 3 + O 1 + T 1) and 6 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #9,144 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins (older SOWPODS edition).
Words ending in -BOT
More endings- ROBOT7
- ABBOT9
- TALBOT8
- CHATBOT14
- TURBOT8
- SABOT7
- SPAMBOT13
- BURBOT10
- NANOBOT9
- BARBOT10
- JABOT14
- ADBOT8
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