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Is rotten a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word rotten is a Scrabble US word. The word rotten is worth 6 points in Scrabble:

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Is rotten a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word rotten is a Scrabble UK word and has 6 points:

R1O1T1T1E1N1

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6-letter words (2 found)

ROTTEN,TORTEN,

5-letter words (9 found)

NOTER,OTTER,RONTE,ROTTE,TENOR,TONER,TORTE,TOTER,TRONE,

4-letter words (19 found)

NETT,NOTE,NOTT,ONER,RENO,RENT,RONE,RONT,ROTE,TENT,TERN,TONE,TORE,TORN,TORT,TOTE,TRET,TRON,TROT,

3-letter words (19 found)

EON,ERN,NET,NOR,NOT,ONE,ORE,ORT,REN,REO,RET,ROE,ROT,TEN,TET,TOE,TON,TOR,TOT,

2-letter words (11 found)

EN,ER,ET,NE,NO,OE,ON,OR,RE,TE,TO,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 61 words from rotten according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of rotten

rotten

Etymology

From Middle English roten, from Old Norse rotinn (“decayed, rotten”), past participle of an unrecorded verb related to Old Norse rotna (“to rot”) and Old English rotian (“to rot”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *rutāną (“to rot”). More at rot.

Morphologically rot +‎ -en.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɹɒtn̩/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɹɑtn̩/, [ˈɹɑʔn̩]
  • Rhymes: -ɒtən
  • Hyphenation: rot‧ten

Adjective

rotten (comparative rottener or more rotten, superlative rottenest or most rotten)

  1. Of perishable items, overridden with bacteria and other infectious agents.
  2. In a state of decay.
  3. Cruel, mean or immoral.
  4. Bad or terrible.
  5. Of stone or rock, crumbling or friable; in a loose or disintegrated state.
  6. (UK, Australia, slang) Very drunk, intoxicated.

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Adverb

rotten (comparative more rotten, superlative most rotten)

  1. To an extreme degree.

Anagrams

  • Trento, torent

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈrɔtə(n)/
  • Rhymes: -ɔtən

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch rotten, reformed from earlier roten, from Old Dutch *roton, from Proto-West Germanic *rotēn, from Proto-Germanic *rutāną.

Verb

rotten

  1. to rot, to go bad, to decay
Inflection
Derived terms
  • doorrotten
  • verrotten
  • wegrotten

Etymology 2

Noun

rotten

  1. plural of rot

German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈrɔtən/, [ˈʁɔtən], [ˈʁɔtn̩]
  • Hyphenation: rot‧ten

Etymology 1

From Middle Low German rotten, alteration (perhaps intensivation) of older rōten, from Old Saxon rotōn, from Proto-West Germanic *rotēn.

Verb

rotten (weak, third-person singular present rottet, past tense rottete, past participle gerottet, auxiliary haben)

  1. To rot, to decay.
    Synonyms: faulen, verfaulen
Usage notes
  • As a simplex chiefly with certain adverbs, like vor sich hin. More common in compounds.
Conjugation
Derived terms
  • dahinrotten
  • verrotten

Etymology 2

From Middle High German roten, derived from rote (whence modern Rotte), from Old French rote, from Latin rupta.

Verb

rotten (weak, third-person singular present rottet, past tense rottete, past participle gerottet, auxiliary haben)

  1. (obsolete) To form into a gang, to rout, to squad.
Conjugation
Derived terms
  • zusammenrotten (remains common)

Etymology 3

From Middle High German roten, roden, from Proto-Germanic *rudōną. See roden.

Verb

rotten (weak, third-person singular present rottet, past tense rottete, past participle gerottet, auxiliary haben)

  1. (obsolete) Alternative form of roden (“to clear woods, to make arable”)
Conjugation
Derived terms
  • ausrotten (remains common)

Further reading

  • “rotten” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • “rotten” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • “rotten” in Duden online

Middle English

Verb

rotten

  1. Alternative form of roten (“to rot”)

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

  • rotta f

Noun

rotten m

  1. definite masculine singular of rotte: rat (rodent)

West Frisian

Noun

rotten

  1. plural of rôt

Source: wiktionary.org