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Yes. The word rooibos is a Scrabble US word. The word rooibos is worth 9 points in Scrabble:

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Yes. The word rooibos is a Scrabble UK word and has 9 points:

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7-letter words (1 found)

ROOIBOS,

5-letter words (5 found)

BIROS,BOORS,BRIOS,BROOS,SORBO,

4-letter words (18 found)

BIOS,BIRO,BOIS,BOOR,BOOS,BORS,BRIO,BRIS,BROO,BROS,OBIS,OBOS,ORBS,RIBS,ROBS,ROOS,SORB,SORI,

3-letter words (24 found)

BIO,BIS,BOI,BOO,BOR,BOS,BRO,IOS,ISO,OBI,OBO,OBS,OIS,OOR,OOS,ORB,ORS,RIB,ROB,ROO,SIB,SIR,SOB,SRI,

2-letter words (11 found)

BI,BO,IO,IS,OB,OI,OO,OR,OS,SI,SO,

You can make 59 words from rooibos according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of rooibos

rooibos

Alternative forms

  • rooibosch

Etymology

Borrowed from Afrikaans rooibos, from Dutch rooi (red) + bosch (bush).

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation, General South African) IPA(key): /ˈɹɔɪ.bɒs/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɹɔɪ.bɔs/
  • (Canada) IPA(key): /ˈɹɔɪ.bəs/
  • Hyphenation: rooi‧bos

Noun

rooibos (uncountable)

  1. (South Africa) A shrub (Aspalathus linearis) from which a tisane (herbal tea) is made.
    Synonym: redbush
  2. The tisane (herbal tea) made from this plant.
    Synonyms: redbush, red tea, rooibos tea
  3. (South Africa) Various shrubs of the genus Combretum.

Translations

Further reading

  • rooibos on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Afrikaans

Etymology

Compound of rooi +‎ bos.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈroːi̯bɔs/

Noun

rooibos (uncountable)

  1. rooibos (plant)
  2. rooibos (tisane)

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Afrikaans rooibos (rooibos), equivalent to a (Afrikaans and Dutch) compound of rooi (red) +‎ bos (bush).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈroːi̯bɔs/
  • Hyphenation: rooi‧bos

Noun

rooibos m (plural rooibossen, diminutive rooibosje n)

  1. rooibos plant
  2. rooibos tea
    Synonym: rooibosthee

Usage notes

Compounds in Dutch normally always take the grammatical gender of the latter component ("bos"), which would be neuter in this case. Because the word was borrowed from Afrikaans which makes no use of grammatical genders, it took the masculine gender which is often the gender assigned to loan words.

Derived terms

  • rooibosthee

Polish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Afrikaans rooibos.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈrɔj.bɔs/
  • Rhymes: -ɔjbɔs
  • Syllabification: rooi‧bos

Noun

rooibos m inan (indeclinable)

  1. rooibos (shrub)
  2. rooibos (tea)

Further reading

  • rooibos in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Source: wiktionary.org