ROSCOE is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. ROSCOE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ROSCOE?
| 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: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ROSCOE is to know. It scores 8 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ROSCOE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
roscoesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ROSCOE scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in ROSCOE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| r | 1 | 6 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 73,912.
What stands out about ROSCOE
- The same 6 tiles also spell 2 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 ROSCOE mean in Scrabble?
noun
slangNorth American
A handgun, in old American underworld slang.
Roscoe belongs to the vocabulary of gangster stories, where a character would reach for his roscoe or be told to drop it. It is generally explained as a borrowing of a man's first name that came to stand for a pistol, though the exact route is not settled. Today the word survives mainly in crime fiction, films and jokes that imitate that period.
How ROSCOE is used
Slang; mostly used for flavour in fiction or for deliberately old-fashioned effect.
- The detective kept a roscoe in his desk drawer.
- Drop the roscoe and put your hands where I can see them.
- In the old film every thug had a roscoe under his coat.
- He patted his pocket to make sure the roscoe was still there.
- The novel calls a pistol a roscoe on almost every page.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ROSCOE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of ROSCOE
The 6 tiles of ROSCOE in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with ROSCOE
1 longer words begin with ROSCOE.
Shorter words from the letters in ROSCOE
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Common questions about ROSCOE
- Is ROSCOE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ROSCOE, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ROSCOE worth?
- ROSCOE is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ROSCOE mean?
- A handgun, in old American underworld slang.
- What letters can be added to ROSCOE?
- ROSCOE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of ROSCOE:
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