ROULETTE is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. ROULETTE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ROULETTE?
| 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 ROULETTE is to know. It scores 8 from 8 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 7.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ROULETTE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ROULETTE scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in ROULETTE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| r | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| t | 2 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so ROULETTE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does ROULETTE mean in Scrabble?
noun
A casino game in which a ball is dropped onto a spinning wheel with numbered slots, and players bet on where it will stop.
The name is French for a little wheel, and the same word is used for a toothed wheel tool that makes rows of small holes, such as the perforations between postage stamps. In everyday speech roulette also suggests pure chance, as in the phrase Russian roulette.
How ROULETTE is used
Roulette is most often met in casino talk, but it also names an engraving and perforating tool.
- She put her chips on red at the roulette table.
- The croupier spun the roulette wheel and released the ball.
- A roulette with a toothed edge made the holes between the stamps.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ROULETTE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with ROULETTE
2 longer words begin with ROULETTE.
Shorter words from the letters in ROULETTE
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Common questions about ROULETTE
- Is ROULETTE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ROULETTE, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ROULETTE worth?
- ROULETTE is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ROULETTE mean?
- A casino game in which a ball is dropped onto a spinning wheel with numbered slots, and players bet on where it will stop.
- What letters can be added to ROULETTE?
- ROULETTE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of ROULETTE:
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