Is NOT a Scrabble word?
Yes. NOT is a valid Scrabble word in both tournament lists, NWL2023 and Collins, and in ENABLE. It scores 3 points in Scrabble and 4 in Words With Friends.
Meaning Negates the meaning of the modified verb.
Adverb 4 meanings
Negates the meaning of the modified verb.
“Did you take out the trash? — No, I did not. I do not think it was my turn, was it?”
To no degree.
“That is not red; it's green.”
Used to indicate the opposite or near opposite, often in a form of understatement.
“That day was not the best day of my life. (meaning the day was bad or awful)”
Used before a determiner phrase, a pronominal phrase etc. to convey a negative attitude (e.g. denial, sadness, anger) towards something.
“Oh god, not that! Anything but that!”
Conjunction 1 meaning
And not.
“I wanted a plate of shrimp, not a bucket of chicken.”
Noun 1 meaning
An instance of using the word “not”; a negation or denial.
Etymology
From Middle English not, nat, a variant of noght, naht (“not, nothing”), from Old English *nōht, nāht (“nought, nothing”), shortening of nōwiht, nāwiht (“nothing”, literally “not anything”), from Proto-West Germanic *naiwwiht, corresponding to ne (“not”) + ōwiht, āwiht (“anything”), corresponding to ā (“ever, always”) + wiht (“thing, creature”).
NOT at a glance
NOT has 3 letters and scores 3 points in Scrabble (N 1 + O 1 + T 1) and 4 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #23 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins (older SOWPODS edition).
Words ending in -NOT
More endings- CANNOT8
- KNOT8
- PINOT7
- WHATNOT13
- SNOT4
- SLIPKNOT14
- TOPKNOT13
- UNKNOT10
- BOWKNOT16
- DONNOT7
- BEKNOT12
- INTERKNOT13
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