ROED is valid in Collins, not in North America — 5 points
It depends on the list you play by. ROED 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 5 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept ROED?
| 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 | Not listed |
Word power: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ROED is to know. It scores 5 from 4 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 7.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ROED
No single letter turns ROED into another word.
How ROED scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in ROED, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| r | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,702.
What stands out about ROED
- The same 4 tiles also spell 5 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 ROED mean in Scrabble?
adjective
zoologyrare
Containing roe; filled with the eggs of a fish.
A roed fish is one caught while still carrying roe inside its body. Cooks and anglers use the word to note that the fish still holds its eggs rather than having already spawned them.
How ROED is used
Rare; found mainly in older or specialist writing about fish and fishing.
- The fishmonger set aside the roed herring for a special order.
- A roed mackerel was cut open to show the eggs inside.
- Anglers sometimes release a heavily roed fish to protect the coming spawn.
- The recipe calls for a roed shad rather than an ordinary one.
- She had never cooked a roed fish before that evening.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ROED and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of ROED
The 4 tiles of ROED in a different order — 5 found.
Words ending in ROED
5 words end in ROED. Useful as a back hook: play ROED onto a word already on the board.
Shorter words from the letters in ROED
Common questions about ROED
- Is ROED valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and ROED is not in it.
- How many points is ROED worth?
- ROED is worth 5 points in Scrabble and 5 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ROED mean?
- Containing roe; filled with the eggs of a fish.
- What letters can be added to ROED?
- No single letter can be added to ROED to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of ROED:
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