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Is roo a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word roo is a Scrabble US word. The word roo is worth 3 points in Scrabble:

R1O1O1

Is roo a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word roo is a Scrabble UK word and has 3 points:

R1O1O1

Is roo a Words With Friends word?

The word roo is NOT a Words With Friends word.

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Valid words made from Roo

You can make 4 words from 'roo' in our Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.


3 letters words from 'roo'

OOR 3ROO 3

2 letters words from 'roo'

OO 2OR 2

All 3 letters words made out of roo

roo oro roo oro oor oor

Note: these 'words' (valid or invalid) are all the permutations of the word roo. These words are obtained by scrambling the letters in roo.

Definitions and meaning of roo

roo

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈɹuː/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈɹu/
  • Rhymes: -uː
  • Homophones: rue, roux

Etymology 1

From Middle English roo, ro, from Old English rō, rōw (“quietness, quiet, rest”), from Proto-Germanic *rōwō (“quiet, rest”), from Proto-Indo-European *ere(w)-, *rē(w)- (“quiet”). Cognate with Scots ro, ruve (“peace, repose”), German Ruhe (“rest, peace, tranquility”), Danish, Norwegian and Swedish ro (“rest, peace, tranquility”), Icelandic ró (“tranquility, quietness”).

Noun

roo (uncountable)

  1. (Britain dialectal or obsolete) Peace; quietness.
  2. (Britain dialectal) Rest; stillness.
Derived terms
  • roolie
  • unruly

Etymology 2

Aphetic form of kangaroo.

Alternative forms

  • 'roo

Noun

roo (plural roos)

  1. Clipping of kangaroo.
Derived terms
  • roo bar

Anagrams

  • Oro, oro-

Gooniyandi

Noun

roo

  1. excrement, faeces, shit

Hadza

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɺoʔo/

Noun

roo m (masc. plural roobii, fem. rooko, fem. plural roobee) (Note: the form after a determiner is roo)

  1. a horn, barb (mpl vowel may rise to ruubii. fem. = a short/stout horn)

Manx

Pronoun

roo

  1. third-person plural of rish
    to them
    • Cha row eh ny s'lheah er loayrt roo. No sooner had he spoken to them.
    • Ta mee çheughey roo. I side with them.

Derived terms

  • roosyn (emphatic)

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English rā.

Noun

roo

  1. Alternative form of ro (“roe deer”)

Etymology 2

From Old English rō.

Noun

roo

  1. Alternative form of ro (“serenity”)

Portuguese

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -o.u

Verb

roo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of roer

Spanish

Verb

roo

  1. First-person singular (yo) present indicative form of roer.
    Synonyms: roigo, royo

Tetum

Noun

roo

  1. leaf

Source: wiktionary.org
  • RONZER, (New Zealand) someone who is not from Auckland.
    (source: Collins Scrabble Dictionary)