ROUSE is a valid Scrabble word — 5 points
Yes. ROUSE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 5 points in Scrabble and 6 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ROUSE?
| 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 ROUSE is to know. It scores 5 from 5 tiles, takes 7 hooks, and its letters make up 6.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ROUSE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ROUSE scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in ROUSE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| r | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 8,169.
What stands out about ROUSE
- The same 5 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 ROUSE mean in Scrabble?
verb
To wake someone from sleep, or to stir a person into action, awareness or strong feeling.
Rouse can describe the literal act of waking someone, as a loud noise might rouse a sleeping house, or the more figurative act of stirring emotion, energy or opposition, as a speech might rouse a crowd to action. The word often implies effort against inertia: someone or something reluctant to wake, get moving or feel strongly is roused despite that resistance. A related sense, to rouse oneself, describes forcing oneself into activity after a period of idleness.
How ROUSE is used
Common in both literal contexts, waking someone up, and figurative ones, stirring feeling or action.
- The smell of coffee finally roused him from bed.
- Her speech roused the audience to applause.
- Nothing seemed to rouse the cat from its afternoon nap.
- The coach's words roused the team before the final match.
- A loud crash roused the whole household at midnight.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ROUSE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of ROUSE
The 5 tiles of ROUSE in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with ROUSE
10 longer words begin with ROUSE.
Words ending in ROUSE
9 words end in ROUSE. Useful as a back hook: play ROUSE onto a word already on the board.
Words with ROUSE inside
Showing 24 of 34 words that contain ROUSE somewhere in the middle. Words that start with ROUSE are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in ROUSE
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Common questions about ROUSE
- Is ROUSE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ROUSE, where it scores 6 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ROUSE worth?
- ROUSE is worth 5 points in Scrabble and 6 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ROUSE mean?
- To wake someone from sleep, or to stir a person into action, awareness or strong feeling.
- What letters can be added to ROUSE?
- ROUSE takes 7 hooks: 4 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of ROUSE:
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