ROC is a valid Scrabble word — 5 points
Yes. ROC is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 5 points in Scrabble and 6 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ROC?
| 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: 40 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ROC is to know. It scores 5 from 3 tiles, takes 4 hooks, and its letters make up 5.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ROC
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ROC scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in ROC, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| r | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,684.
What stands out about ROC
- The same 3 tiles also spell 2 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does ROC mean in Scrabble?
noun
An enormous mythical bird of Arabian legend.
The roc appears in the voyages of Sindbad, where it carries off an elephant, and Marco Polo reported it as plain fact from Madagascar. The stories probably grew out of the elephant bird, which was real, flightless and enormous.
How ROC is used
Countable: a roc, two rocs.
- A roc in the story carries an elephant into the air.
- Marco Polo described the roc as a real animal.
- The word roc came into English from Arabic.
- The roc may be a memory of the elephant bird.
- Two rocs in one tale is one more than the plot needs.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ROC and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of ROC
The 3 tiles of ROC in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with ROC
Showing 24 of 90 words that begin with ROC.
Words ending in ROC
8 words end in ROC. Useful as a back hook: play ROC onto a word already on the board.
Words with ROC inside
Showing 24 of 1109 words that contain ROC somewhere in the middle. Words that start with ROC are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in ROC
Common questions about ROC
- Is ROC valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ROC, where it scores 6 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ROC worth?
- ROC is worth 5 points in Scrabble and 6 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ROC mean?
- An enormous mythical bird of Arabian legend.
- What letters can be added to ROC?
- ROC takes 4 hooks: 1 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of ROC:
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