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Is Gotten a Word?

Gotten appears in the word list Wordton searches, ENABLE plus a curated modern supplement, and scores 7 points in tile games.

Yes, it plays

tile score 7

a return on a shot that seemed impossible to reach and would normally have resulted in a point for the opponent

How to use it

Gotten is standard American English and has been for centuries; it is British English that dropped it and kept got. The two are not interchangeable even in America: have got means possess or must, while have gotten means acquired or became. I have got a car and I have gotten a car say different things. If you are writing for a British audience, got is the expected past participle throughout.

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