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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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3-letter words (2 found)

OOR,ROO,

2-letter words (2 found)

OO,OR,

You can make 4 words from roo according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of roo

roo

English

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 *rōō (“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. (UK dialectal or obsolete) Peace; quietness.
  2. (UK dialectal) Rest; stillness.
Derived terms
  • roolie
  • unruly

Etymology 2

Aphetic form of kangaroo.

Alternative forms

  • 'roo

Noun

roo (plural roos)

  1. (Australia, slang) Clipping of kangaroo.
Derived terms
  • a roo loose in the top paddock
  • roo bar

Anagrams

  • Oro, oro-

Galician

Verb

roo

  1. (reintegrationist norm) first-person singular present indicative of roer

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /rʲuː/

Pronoun

roo (emphatic roosyn)

  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.

Middle English

Etymology 1

Noun

roo

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

Etymology 2

Noun

roo

  1. alternative form of ro (“serenity”)

Portuguese

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ou
  • Hyphenation: ro‧o

Verb

roo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of roer

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈroo/ [ˈro.o]
  • Rhymes: -oo
  • Syllabification: ro‧o

Verb

roo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of roer
    Synonyms: roigo, royo

See also

  • Quintana Roo

Tetum

Etymology

From *doo, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *dahun, compare Malay daun.

Noun

roo

  1. leaf

Source: wiktionary.org