ROORBACH is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. ROORBACH is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ROORBACH?
| 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: 43 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ROORBACH is to know. It scores 15 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ROORBACH
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
roorbachsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ROORBACH scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in ROORBACH, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| r | 2 | 6 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so ROORBACH has to be built on the board across turns.
What does ROORBACH mean in Scrabble?
noun
historicalNorth American
A false or slanderous story spread to damage a political candidate.
Roorbach is an American political term from the nineteenth century, when a fake travel book was used to smear a presidential candidate. Today the word still names a smear of the same kind, designed to hurt a rival at the ballot box.
How ROORBACH is used
Roorbach is rare, found mainly in political history and journalism.
- The campaign dismissed the story as a roorbach.
- A last-minute roorbach nearly cost him the election.
- Historians trace the roorbach back to a forged diary.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ROORBACH and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with ROORBACH
1 longer words begin with ROORBACH.
Shorter words from the letters in ROORBACH
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Common questions about ROORBACH
- Is ROORBACH valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ROORBACH, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ROORBACH worth?
- ROORBACH is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ROORBACH mean?
- A false or slanderous story spread to damage a political candidate.
- What letters can be added to ROORBACH?
- ROORBACH takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of ROORBACH:
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