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Is roost a Scrabble word?

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

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Is roost a Scrabble UK word?

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

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5-letter words (6 found)

ROOST,ROOTS,ROTOS,STOOR,TOROS,TORSO,

4-letter words (11 found)

OOTS,ORTS,ROOS,ROOT,ROST,ROTO,ROTS,SOOT,SORT,TORO,TORS,

3-letter words (10 found)

OOR,OOS,OOT,ORS,ORT,ROO,ROT,SOT,TOO,TOR,

2-letter words (6 found)

OO,OR,OS,SO,ST,TO,

You can make 33 words from roost according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of roost

roost orost roost orost oorst oorst rosot orsot rsoot sroot osrot sorot rosot orsot rsoot sroot osrot sorot oosrt oosrt osort soort osort soort roots orots roots orots oorts oorts rotos ortos rtoos troos otros toros rotos ortos rtoos troos otros toros ootrs ootrs otors toors otors toors rosto orsto rsoto sroto osrto sorto rotso ortso rtoso troso otrso torso rstoo srtoo rtsoo trsoo stroo tsroo ostro sotro otsro tosro storo tsoro rosto orsto rsoto sroto osrto sorto rotso ortso rtoso troso otrso torso rstoo srtoo rtsoo trsoo stroo tsroo ostro sotro otsro tosro storo tsoro oostr oostr osotr sootr osotr sootr ootsr ootsr otosr toosr otosr toosr ostor sotor otsor tosor stoor tsoor ostor sotor otsor tosor stoor tsoor

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Definitions and meaning of roost

roost

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɹuːst/
  • Rhymes: -uːst

Etymology 1

From Middle English roste (“chicken's roost; perch”), from Old English hrōst (“wooden framework of a roof; roost”), from Proto-Germanic *hrōstaz (“wooden framework; grill”); see *raustijan.

Cognate with Dutch roest (“roost”), German Low German Rust (“roost”), German Rost (“grate; gridiron; grill”).

Noun

roost (plural roosts)

  1. The place where a bird sleeps (usually its nest or a branch).
  2. A group of birds roosting together.
  3. A bedroom.
  4. (Scotland) The inner roof of a cottage.
Derived terms
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Verb

roost (third-person singular simple present roosts, present participle roosting, simple past and past participle roosted)

  1. (intransitive, of birds or bats) To settle on a perch in order to sleep or rest.
  2. (figurative) To spend the night.
Derived terms
  • the chickens come home to roost
Translations

Etymology 2

From Old Norse róst.

Noun

roost (plural roosts)

  1. (Shetland and Orkney) A tidal race.

Etymology 3

Verb

roost (third-person singular simple present roosts, present participle roosting, simple past and past participle roosted)

  1. Alternative form of roust

Anagrams

  • Sorto, Toors, ostro, roots, rotos, stoor, toros, torso

Manx

Etymology

From Old Irish rúsc, from Proto-Celtic *ruskos (compare Welsh rhisgl).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ruːs/

Noun

roost m (genitive singular roost, plural roostyn)

  1. peel, rind
  2. bark

Derived terms

  • neuroostit (“unbarked”)

Verb

roost (verbal noun roostey, past participle rooisht)

  1. to strip, peel, hull, rind, unbark
  2. to rob
  3. to bare
  4. to debunk
  5. to rifle
  6. to deprive

Middle English

Noun

roost

  1. Alternative form of roste (“roast”)

Source: wiktionary.org