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Is rood a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word rood is a Scrabble US word. The word rood is worth 5 points in Scrabble:

R1O1O1D2

Is rood a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word rood is a Scrabble UK word and has 5 points:

R1O1O1D2

Is rood a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word rood is a Words With Friends word. The word rood is worth 5 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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4-letter words (4 found)

DOOR,ODOR,ORDO,ROOD,

3-letter words (6 found)

DOO,DOR,OOR,ORD,ROD,ROO,

2-letter words (4 found)

DO,OD,OO,OR,

You can make 14 words from rood according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 4 letters words made out of rood

rood orod rood orod oord oord rodo ordo rdoo droo odro doro rodo ordo rdoo droo odro doro oodr oodr odor door odor door

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

Definitions and meaning of rood

rood

Etymology

From Middle English rode, rood (“cross”), from Old English rōd (“cross”), from Proto-Germanic *rōdō, *rōdǭ (“rod, pole”), from Proto-Indo-European *rōt-, *reh₁t- (“bar, beam, stem”).

Cognate with German Rute (“rod, cane, pole”), Norwegian roda (“rod”). Largely displaced by cross. More at rod.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɹuːd/
  • Rhymes: -uːd
  • Homophone: rude

Noun

rood (plural roods)

  1. (archaic) A crucifix, cross, especially in a church.
  2. A measure of land area, equal to a quarter of an acre.
  3. (Chester, historical) An area of sixty-four square yards.
  4. (UK, dialectal, obsolete) A measure of five and a half yards in length.

Synonyms

  • (quarter of an acre): farthingdale, day's work, daywork, farthing, ferling, farthingdeal, farthingdole, farundel, yard, rod, (Scottish) Scottish rood, (Israeli) dunam

Hypernyms

  • (quarter of an acre): See acre

Hyponyms

  • (quarter of an acre): lug, perch, (now chiefly Scottish) fall (all 1⁄40 rood)

Derived terms

Translations

References

Anagrams

  • door, odor, ordo

Bavarian

Adjective

rood

  1. Alternative form of roud (“red”)

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch rôot, from Old Dutch rōt, from Proto-West Germanic *raud, from Proto-Germanic *raudaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rowdʰós, from the root *h₁rewdʰ-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /roːt/
  • Hyphenation: rood
  • Rhymes: -oːt
  • Homophone: Rooth

Adjective

rood (comparative roder, superlative roodst)

  1. red
    Veel dakpannen zijn rood. ― A lot of roof tiles are red.
    Zij draagt een rood jurkje. ― She wears a red dress.
    Appels zijn vaak rood. ― Apples are often red.
  2. (politics) left, socialist, labor
    De rode partij heeft de verkiezingen gewonnen. ― The leftist party won the elections.
    Hij stemt altijd rood. ― He always votes left.
    De rode beweging is in opkomst. ― The socialist movement is on the rise.

Inflection

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Afrikaans: rooi
  • Jersey Dutch: rôi
  • Negerhollands: rooi, ro, roo, rood
  • Skepi Creole Dutch: aro

See also

Anagrams

  • door, oord

Saterland Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian rād, from Proto-West Germanic *raud. Cognates include West Frisian read and German Rot.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /roːd/
  • Hyphenation: rood
  • Rhymes: -oːd

Adjective

rood (masculine roden, feminine, plural or definite rode, comparative roder, superlative roodst)

  1. red

Derived terms

References

  • Marron C. Fort (2015) “rood”, in Saterfriesisches Wörterbuch mit einer phonologischen und grammatischen Übersicht, Buske, →ISBN

Volapük

Noun

rood (nominative plural roods)

  1. category

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