RAZOO is valid in Collins, not in North America — 14 points
It depends on the list you play by. RAZOO is in Collins, used in the UK and most of the world, but it is not in the North American lists — so in a US or Canadian game an opponent can challenge it off the board. Worth 14 points. Words with Friends does accept it.
Which word lists accept RAZOO?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 44 / 100
Our own measure of how useful RAZOO is to know. It scores 14 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for RAZOO
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
razoosChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How RAZOO scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in RAZOO, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| r | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| z | 1 | 1 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 49,793.
What does RAZOO mean in Scrabble?
noun
Australianinformal
An imaginary coin of the smallest possible value, used in Australian and New Zealand slang to mean no money at all.
Nobody has ever minted a razoo; the word exists purely for the phrase not have a brass razoo, meaning to be completely broke. Its origin is uncertain, but the coin it names has always been fictional, invoked only to make the point that a person has nothing, not even the smallest unit of currency imaginable. The phrase remains familiar in Australian speech even though few younger speakers could say what a razoo was supposed to look like.
How RAZOO is used
Informal Australian and New Zealand slang, almost always in the fixed phrase not have a brass razoo.
- After the trip he did not have a brass razoo left in his pocket.
- She joked that the whole business was not worth a razoo.
- By the end of the month he was down to his last razoo.
- The old farmer swore he had not seen a razoo of profit in years.
- They spent every razoo they had on the wedding.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of RAZOO and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with RAZOO
1 longer words begin with RAZOO.
Words with RAZOO inside
1 words contain RAZOO in the middle. Words that start with RAZOO are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in RAZOO
Common questions about RAZOO
- Is RAZOO valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts RAZOO, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is RAZOO worth?
- RAZOO is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does RAZOO mean?
- An imaginary coin of the smallest possible value, used in Australian and New Zealand slang to mean no money at all.
- What letters can be added to RAZOO?
- RAZOO takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of RAZOO:
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