WANDEROO is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. WANDEROO is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept WANDEROO?
| 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 WANDEROO is to know. It scores 12 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for WANDEROO
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
wanderoosChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How WANDEROO scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in WANDEROO, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| w | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so WANDEROO has to be built on the board across turns.
What does WANDEROO mean in Scrabble?
noun
zoology
A dark monkey of southern India with a pale ruff of fur around its face.
The wanderoo, also known as the lion-tailed macaque, lives in rainforest on the Malabar coast. Older books sometimes confuse it with the langurs of Sri Lanka, which are different animals.
How WANDEROO is used
Appears in older natural history writing.
- The wanderoo is easy to recognise by its silver mane.
- A wanderoo sat high in the forest canopy.
- Early naturalists described the wanderoo in travel journals.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of WANDEROO and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with WANDEROO
1 longer words begin with WANDEROO.
Shorter words from the letters in WANDEROO
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Common questions about WANDEROO
- Is WANDEROO valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts WANDEROO, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is WANDEROO worth?
- WANDEROO is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does WANDEROO mean?
- A dark monkey of southern India with a pale ruff of fur around its face.
- What letters can be added to WANDEROO?
- WANDEROO takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of WANDEROO:
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