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Is roof a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word roof is a Scrabble US word. The word roof is worth 7 points in Scrabble:

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Is roof a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word roof is a Scrabble UK word and has 7 points:

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Is roof a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word roof is a Words With Friends word. The word roof is worth 7 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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4-letter words (1 found)

ROOF,

3-letter words (7 found)

FOO,FOR,FRO,OOF,OOR,ORF,ROO,

2-letter words (3 found)

OF,OO,OR,

You can make 11 words from roof according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 4 letters words made out of roof

roof orof roof orof oorf oorf rofo orfo rfoo froo ofro foro rofo orfo rfoo froo ofro foro oofr oofr ofor foor ofor foor

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

Definitions and meaning of roof

roof

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɹuːf/, /ɹʊf/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ɹuf/
  • (Inland Northern American) IPA(key): /ɹʊf/
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɹuːf/
  • (Canada) IPA(key): /ɹuf/
    • (Ottawa Valley) IPA(key): /ɹʊf/
  • Rhymes: -ʊf, -uːf

Etymology 1

From Middle English rof, from Old English hrōf (“roof, ceiling; top, summit; heaven, sky”), from Proto-Germanic *hrōfą (“roof”).

Noun

roof (plural roofs or rooves)

  1. (architecture) The external covering at the top of a building.
  2. The top external level of a building.
  3. The upper part of a cavity.
  4. (mining) The surface or bed of rock immediately overlying a bed of coal or a flat vein.
  5. (climbing) An overhanging rock wall.
Synonyms
  • (cover at top of building): rooftop, tect (obsolete, rare), thatch
  • (in a cavity): ceiling
Derived terms
Translations

Etymology 2

From Middle English rofen, roven (“to roof”), from the noun (see above).

Verb

roof (third-person singular simple present roofs, present participle roofing, simple past and past participle roofed)

  1. (transitive) To cover or furnish with a roof.
  2. To traverse buildings by walking or climbing across their roofs.
  3. (transitive, slang) To put into prison, to bird.
  4. (transitive) To shelter as if under a roof.
Derived terms
  • roofer
  • unroof
Translations

Anagrams

  • Foor

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /roːf/
  • Hyphenation: roof
  • Rhymes: -oːf

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch roof, from Old Dutch *rōf, *rouf, from Proto-West Germanic *raub, from Proto-Germanic *raubaz. More at robe.

Noun

roof m (plural roven, diminutive roofje n)

  1. robbery, robbing, banditry, rapine
Derived terms
  • bankroof
  • broodroof
  • lijkroof
  • roofdier
  • roofridder
  • rover
Descendants
  • Negerhollands: roof

Verb

roof

  1. inflection of roven:
    1. first-person singular present indicative
    2. imperative

Etymology 2

From Middle Dutch rōve. Cognate with Old High German ruf (Luxembourgish Roff), Old Norse hrufa (English dandruff). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *krewp-.

Noun

roof f (uncountable)

  1. scab (on a wound)
    Synonyms: korst, wondkorst

Middle English

Noun

roof

  1. Alternative form of rof

Source: wiktionary.org