ROO is a valid Scrabble word — 3 points
Yes. ROO is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 3 points in Scrabble and 3 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ROO?
| 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: 52 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ROO is to know. It scores 3 from 3 tiles, takes 10 hooks, and its letters make up 7.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ROO
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ROO scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in ROO, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| r | 1 | 6 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 963.
What does ROO mean in Scrabble?
noun
informalAustralian
A kangaroo, of any species.
Roo is what Australians actually say, and it carries none of the postcard quality of the full word: a roo on the road at dusk is a hazard, not a sight. The clipping is old enough to have produced compounds of its own — roo bar on the front of a truck, roo shooter, roo dog.
How ROO is used
Countable: a roo, a mob of roos. Common in compounds, especially roo bar.
- A big roo came out of the scrub and stood in the headlights.
- The truck has a roo bar the size of a park bench.
- They counted forty roos in the paddock before breakfast.
- Hitting a roo at that speed writes off the car and the roo.
- The dogs know better than to chase a roo into water.
- She grew up thinking roos in the garden were ordinary, because they were.
- A young roo watched us from the fence line and did not move.
- Drive at dusk out here and you will meet a roo sooner or later.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ROO and 8 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of ROO
The 3 tiles of ROO in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with ROO
Showing 24 of 145 words that begin with ROO.
Words ending in ROO
21 words end in ROO. Useful as a back hook: play ROO onto a word already on the board.
Words with ROO inside
Showing 24 of 789 words that contain ROO somewhere in the middle. Words that start with ROO are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in ROO
Common questions about ROO
- Is ROO valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ROO, where it scores 3 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ROO worth?
- ROO is worth 3 points in Scrabble and 3 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ROO mean?
- A kangaroo, of any species.
- What letters can be added to ROO?
- ROO takes 10 hooks: 2 in front and 8 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of ROO:
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