ROACH is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. ROACH is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ROACH?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 34 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ROACH is to know. It scores 10 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ROACH
Front hooks — 1
broachBack hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How ROACH scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in ROACH, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| r | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 43,569.
What does ROACH mean in Scrabble?
noun
informalNorth American
An informal short name for a cockroach; also, a small silvery freshwater fish common in European rivers and lakes, and, in slang, the butt end of a smoked marijuana cigarette.
Roach is most often heard in North American English as a shortened, casual word for cockroach, the household insect. In British English, roach usually names a different thing entirely, a small, deep-bodied freshwater fish related to the carp family, commonly caught by anglers in rivers, canals and lakes. A third, unrelated slang sense uses roach for the small leftover end of a hand-rolled marijuana cigarette, too short to hold comfortably without a clip. These three meanings share only the spelling, coming from separate historical roots, so context usually makes clear which sense is intended.
How ROACH is used
Common informally in North American English for the insect, and in British English for the fish; the drug sense is slang.
- She screamed when a roach scuttled across the kitchen floor.
- The angler landed a decent roach from the canal.
- He kept a jar of roach spray under the sink.
- A roach lay forgotten in the ashtray after the party.
- The old flat had a persistent roach problem in the pipes.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ROACH and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of ROACH
The 5 tiles of ROACH in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with ROACH
3 longer words begin with ROACH.
Words ending in ROACH
8 words end in ROACH. Useful as a back hook: play ROACH onto a word already on the board.
Words with ROACH inside
Showing 24 of 47 words that contain ROACH somewhere in the middle. Words that start with ROACH are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in ROACH
Common questions about ROACH
- Is ROACH valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ROACH, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ROACH worth?
- ROACH is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ROACH mean?
- An informal short name for a cockroach; also, a small silvery freshwater fish common in European rivers and lakes, and, in slang, the butt end of a smoked marijuana cigarette.
- What letters can be added to ROACH?
- ROACH takes 1 hook: 1 in front and 0 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of ROACH:
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