ROOFY is valid in Collins, not in North America — 11 points
It depends on the list you play by. ROOFY 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 11 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept ROOFY?
| 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: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ROOFY is to know. It scores 11 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ROOFY
No single letter turns ROOFY into another word.
How ROOFY scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in ROOFY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| r | 1 | 6 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| f | 1 | 2 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 112,035.
What does ROOFY mean in Scrabble?
adjective
rare
Covered over with a roof, or arranged so as to give shelter overhead.
The word is applied to a shape or structure that spreads out and closes over like a roof, whether or not an actual building is meant. A market with a roofy canopy, a cave with a roofy ledge of stone, or dense branches forming a roofy canopy over a path can all be described this way.
How ROOFY is used
Uncommon; found mainly in older or descriptive writing about shelter and cover.
- A roofy ledge of stone kept the entrance to the cave dry.
- Thick branches formed a roofy canopy above the lane.
- The market stalls stood under a long roofy awning.
- Their tent had a low, roofy shape that shed rain well.
- He praised the roofy porch that shielded the door from the storm.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ROOFY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in ROOFY
Common questions about ROOFY
- Is ROOFY valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and ROOFY is not in it.
- How many points is ROOFY worth?
- ROOFY is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ROOFY mean?
- Covered over with a roof, or arranged so as to give shelter overhead.
- What letters can be added to ROOFY?
- No single letter can be added to ROOFY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of ROOFY:
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