ROOK is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. ROOK 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 ROOK?
| 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: 48 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ROOK is to know. It scores 8 from 4 tiles, takes 5 hooks, and its letters make up 5.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ROOK
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ROOK scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in ROOK, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| r | 1 | 6 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 23,341.
What does ROOK mean in Scrabble?
noun
A large black bird of the crow family that nests in noisy colonies in treetops.
The rook is common across Europe and parts of Asia, and is distinguished from the related crow by a bare, greyish patch of skin at the base of its bill. Rooks build large stick nests called rookeries, often reused for many years.
How ROOK is used
Countable; the plural rooks refers to the birds or, informally, to a group of them.
- A rook landed on the fence post near the barn.
- Dozens of rooks gathered noisily in the tall elm trees.
- The farmer watched a rook pick at the freshly turned soil.
- Several rooks nested in the same old oak every spring.
- A lone rook called out from the church tower.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ROOK and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of ROOK
The 4 tiles of ROOK in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with ROOK
11 longer words begin with ROOK.
Words ending in ROOK
5 words end in ROOK. Useful as a back hook: play ROOK onto a word already on the board.
Words with ROOK inside
Showing 24 of 46 words that contain ROOK somewhere in the middle. Words that start with ROOK are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in ROOK
Common questions about ROOK
- Is ROOK valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ROOK, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ROOK worth?
- ROOK is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ROOK mean?
- A large black bird of the crow family that nests in noisy colonies in treetops.
- What letters can be added to ROOK?
- ROOK takes 5 hooks: 3 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of ROOK:
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