ROOTLE is a valid Scrabble word — 6 points
Yes. ROOTLE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 6 points in Scrabble and 7 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ROOTLE?
| 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: 36 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ROOTLE is to know. It scores 6 from 6 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 7.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ROOTLE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ROOTLE scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in ROOTLE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| r | 1 | 6 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 24,637.
What stands out about ROOTLE
- The same 6 tiles also spell 3 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does ROOTLE mean in Scrabble?
verb
informalBritish
To search or dig around busily and without much system, especially in the way a pig digs in the ground with its snout.
Rootle began as a description of pigs and other animals pushing their snouts into soil or leaf litter to hunt for food, and the word still carries that image of blind, persistent digging. British speakers extended it to people, so someone can rootle through a drawer, a cupboard or an old box, pulling things aside while hunting for something specific without a clear system. The word has a slightly playful, informal feel, often used about untidy searching rather than a careful, organized one. It is closely related to root, and in fact rootle is sometimes treated simply as a gentler, more casual version of that older verb.
How ROOTLE is used
Informal, mainly British; used for both animals digging with their snouts and people rummaging casually through things.
- The pig rootled happily in the mud all afternoon.
- She rootled through the drawer looking for a spare key.
- He likes to rootle around secondhand shops on weekends.
- The dog rootled under the hedge after something it had smelled.
- I had to rootle through several boxes before I found the photos.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ROOTLE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of ROOTLE
The 6 tiles of ROOTLE in a different order — 3 found.
Words starting with ROOTLE
7 longer words begin with ROOTLE.
Shorter words from the letters in ROOTLE
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Common questions about ROOTLE
- Is ROOTLE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ROOTLE, where it scores 7 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ROOTLE worth?
- ROOTLE is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ROOTLE mean?
- To search or dig around busily and without much system, especially in the way a pig digs in the ground with its snout.
- What letters can be added to ROOTLE?
- ROOTLE takes 3 hooks: 0 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of ROOTLE:
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