ROOKERY is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. ROOKERY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ROOKERY?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 56 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ROOKERY is to know. It scores 14 from 7 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ROOKERY
Front hooks — 1
crookeryBack hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How ROOKERY scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in ROOKERY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| r | 2 | 6 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,588 thousand.
What does ROOKERY mean in Scrabble?
noun
A breeding colony of rooks, or of other birds, seals or penguins.
The word first meant the clump of tall trees where rooks nest together, and it later spread to the crowded breeding places of other animals. In older English a rookery could also be a poor, overcrowded slum.
How ROOKERY is used
Rookery is used in nature writing, and in historical texts it can name a crowded slum district.
- The noisy rookery stood in the elms behind the church.
- Thousands of penguins gathered at the rookery.
- Victorian reformers wanted to clear the city rookery.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ROOKERY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in ROOKERY
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Common questions about ROOKERY
- Is ROOKERY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ROOKERY, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ROOKERY worth?
- ROOKERY is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ROOKERY mean?
- A breeding colony of rooks, or of other birds, seals or penguins.
- What letters can be added to ROOKERY?
- ROOKERY takes 1 hook: 1 in front and 0 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of ROOKERY:
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