ROILY is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. ROILY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 8 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ROILY?
| 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: 29 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ROILY is to know. It scores 8 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ROILY
No single letter turns ROILY into another word.
How ROILY scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in ROILY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| r | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 21,785.
What does ROILY mean in Scrabble?
adjective
North American
Cloudy, murky, or turbid, especially describing water that has been stirred up so that mud or sediment hangs suspended in it.
A river turns roily after heavy rain washes silt and clay into the current, and a pond goes roily when fish or wading feet disturb the bottom. The word is heard mostly in North American speech, where it does the job that turbid or muddy do in more formal writing. Speakers also stretch roily to describe a mood or a crowd that has grown agitated and unsettled, carrying the image of stirred-up water into stirred-up feeling.
How ROILY is used
Chiefly North American and mostly used of water, mud, or, figuratively, an unsettled mood or situation.
- The storm left the creek roily for three days after the rain stopped.
- She would not swim in water so roily that she could not see her own feet.
- His temper turned roily the moment the meeting mentioned the layoffs.
- Fishing is hopeless once the lake goes roily from the boat traffic.
- The glass of tap water looked roily, so he let it sit until the sediment settled.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ROILY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in ROILY
Common questions about ROILY
- Is ROILY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ROILY, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ROILY worth?
- ROILY is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ROILY mean?
- Cloudy, murky, or turbid, especially describing water that has been stirred up so that mud or sediment hangs suspended in it.
- What letters can be added to ROILY?
- No single letter can be added to ROILY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of ROILY:
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