ROID is valid in Collins, not in North America — 5 points
It depends on the list you play by. ROID 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 accept it.
Which word lists accept ROID?
| 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: 37 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ROID is to know. It scores 5 from 4 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 6.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ROID
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ROID scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in ROID, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| r | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 2,269.
What does ROID mean in Scrabble?
noun
slanginformal
An anabolic steroid, especially one used illegally to build muscle.
The word roid is a shortened, informal form of steroid, most often heard in gyms and bodybuilding circles. It also appears in the compound roid rage for the sudden anger some users are said to show.
How ROID is used
Informal and mainly spoken; the fuller word steroid is used in medical or formal contexts.
- He was accused of taking roids before the competition.
- The trainer warned the young athlete about the dangers of roids.
- Rumours about roid use followed the bodybuilder for years.
- Roid rage was blamed for his sudden outburst at the gym.
- The magazine ran a story on roid abuse in professional wrestling.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ROID and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with ROID
1 longer words begin with ROID.
Words ending in ROID
Showing 24 of 82 words that end in ROID. Useful as a back hook: play ROID onto a word already on the board.
Words with ROID inside
Showing 24 of 132 words that contain ROID somewhere in the middle. Words that start with ROID are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in ROID
Common questions about ROID
- Is ROID valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ROID, where it scores 5 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ROID worth?
- ROID is worth 5 points in Scrabble and 5 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ROID mean?
- An anabolic steroid, especially one used illegally to build muscle.
- What letters can be added to ROID?
- ROID takes 3 hooks: 2 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of ROID:
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