ROUX is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. ROUX is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ROUX?
| 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 ROUX is to know. It scores 11 from 4 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ROUX
No single letter turns ROUX into another word.
How ROUX scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in ROUX, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| r | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| x | 1 | 1 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 20,423.
What does ROUX mean in Scrabble?
noun
A cooked mixture of fat and flour used to thicken.
A roux is cooked to different colours, and the darker it goes the less it thickens — which is the opposite of what everybody assumes. The word is French for reddish-brown.
How ROUX is used
Countable; the plural is also roux.
- A dark roux thickens less than a pale one.
- The word roux is French for reddish-brown.
- A roux is cooked before the liquid goes in.
- Two roux of different colours for two different sauces.
- The colour of a roux decides what it can do.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ROUX and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in ROUX
Common questions about ROUX
- Is ROUX valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ROUX, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ROUX worth?
- ROUX is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ROUX mean?
- A cooked mixture of fat and flour used to thicken.
- What letters can be added to ROUX?
- No single letter can be added to ROUX to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of ROUX:
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