ROOSE is a valid Scrabble word — 5 points
Yes. ROOSE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 5 points in Scrabble and 5 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ROOSE?
| 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: 40 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ROOSE is to know. It scores 5 from 5 tiles, takes 4 hooks, and its letters make up 7.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ROOSE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ROOSE scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in ROOSE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| r | 1 | 6 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 9,336.
What does ROOSE mean in Scrabble?
verb
Scots
To speak highly of someone, offering praise or flattery.
Roose is a dialect verb found chiefly in Scots and northern English speech, coming from an Old Norse root meaning to praise, brought to Britain by Scandinavian settlers. It survives today mainly in Scots literature, proverbs, and regional conversation rather than standard English writing. A well-known Scots proverb warns against those who roose themselves too readily, since self-praise was traditionally seen as bad manners. Unlike a simple dialect respelling of an ordinary word, roose has its own separate history and is not just a local pronunciation of praise.
How ROOSE is used
Scots and northern English dialect; rare outside regional speech and literature.
- The old proverb says never roose yourself too loudly.
- Neighbours would roose the young farmer for his hard work.
- She was pleased when the elders began to roose her singing.
- It is bad form to roose your own cooking at the table.
- The villagers still roose a good harvest at the autumn gathering.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ROOSE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with ROOSE
4 longer words begin with ROOSE.
Words ending in ROOSE
1 words end in ROOSE. Useful as a back hook: play ROOSE onto a word already on the board.
Words with ROOSE inside
1 words contain ROOSE in the middle. Words that start with ROOSE are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in ROOSE
Common questions about ROOSE
- Is ROOSE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ROOSE, where it scores 5 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ROOSE worth?
- ROOSE is worth 5 points in Scrabble and 5 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ROOSE mean?
- To speak highly of someone, offering praise or flattery.
- What letters can be added to ROOSE?
- ROOSE takes 4 hooks: 1 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of ROOSE:
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