ROAN is a valid Scrabble word — 4 points
Yes. ROAN is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 4 points in Scrabble and 5 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ROAN?
| 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: 33 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ROAN is to know. It scores 4 from 4 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 7.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ROAN
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ROAN scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in ROAN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| r | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,513.
What does ROAN mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Describing an animal, especially a horse or cow, whose coat is a solid colour thickly mixed with white hairs, giving it a speckled appearance.
A roan horse might be called a red roan or a blue roan depending on whether the base colour beneath the white hairs is chestnut or black, but in every case the mixture stays even across the coat rather than forming patches. The word is also used as a noun for an animal with such a coat, as in she rode a roan.
How ROAN is used
Mainly used by people who work with or describe horses and cattle; uncommon outside that context.
- The farmer pointed out the roan mare grazing near the fence.
- Her favourite horse was a striking blue roan.
- The roan coat made the colt easy to pick out in the herd.
- He preferred the roan gelding to the plain bay one.
- A young roan calf followed close behind its mother.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ROAN and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with ROAN
3 longer words begin with ROAN.
Words ending in ROAN
2 words end in ROAN. Useful as a back hook: play ROAN onto a word already on the board.
Words with ROAN inside
Showing 24 of 29 words that contain ROAN somewhere in the middle. Words that start with ROAN are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in ROAN
Common questions about ROAN
- Is ROAN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ROAN, where it scores 5 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ROAN worth?
- ROAN is worth 4 points in Scrabble and 5 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ROAN mean?
- Describing an animal, especially a horse or cow, whose coat is a solid colour thickly mixed with white hairs, giving it a speckled appearance.
- What letters can be added to ROAN?
- ROAN takes 2 hooks: 1 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of ROAN:
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