ROUNDUP is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. ROUNDUP is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ROUNDUP?
| 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: 48 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ROUNDUP is to know. It scores 10 from 7 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ROUNDUP
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
roundupsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ROUNDUP scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in ROUNDUP, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| r | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| u | 2 | 4 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,158 thousand.
What does ROUNDUP mean in Scrabble?
noun
North American
The gathering together of cattle or other animals, or of people or things that were scattered.
On western ranches the roundup was the yearly drive when cowboys collected the herd for branding and sale. The word moved on to police sweeps that gather suspects, and to news summaries that gather the week's stories. Scattered things are brought into one place in each case.
How ROUNDUP is used
Roundup is a common noun in ranching, policing and journalism, often a one-word news summary.
- The spring roundup took the riders ten days.
- Police carried out a roundup of suspects overnight.
- The paper runs a Sunday roundup of the week's news.
- A roundup of the best films of the year appeared online.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ROUNDUP and 4 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with ROUNDUP
1 longer words begin with ROUNDUP.
Shorter words from the letters in ROUNDUP
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Common questions about ROUNDUP
- Is ROUNDUP valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ROUNDUP, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ROUNDUP worth?
- ROUNDUP is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ROUNDUP mean?
- The gathering together of cattle or other animals, or of people or things that were scattered.
- What letters can be added to ROUNDUP?
- ROUNDUP takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of ROUNDUP:
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