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Is roster a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word roster is a Scrabble US word. The word roster is worth 6 points in Scrabble:

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Is roster a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word roster is a Scrabble UK word and has 6 points:

R1O1S1T1E1R1

Is roster a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word roster is a Words With Friends word. The word roster is worth 6 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

R1O1S1T1E1R1

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6-letter words (5 found)

RESORT,RETROS,ROSTER,SORTER,STORER,

5-letter words (12 found)

ESTRO,RESTO,RETRO,RORES,RORTS,ROSET,ROTES,SORER,STORE,TORES,TORRS,TORSE,

4-letter words (24 found)

EROS,ERRS,ERST,ORES,ORTS,REOS,REST,RETS,ROES,RORE,RORT,ROSE,ROST,ROTE,ROTS,SERR,SORE,SORT,TOES,TORE,TORR,TORS,TOSE,TRES,

3-letter words (19 found)

ERR,ERS,EST,OES,ORE,ORS,ORT,OSE,REO,RES,RET,ROE,ROT,SER,SET,SOT,TES,TOE,TOR,

2-letter words (11 found)

ER,ES,ET,OE,OR,OS,RE,SO,ST,TE,TO,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 72 words from roster according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of roster

roster

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch rooster (“gridiron, table, list”), from Middle Dutch roosten (“to roast”). More at roast.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɹɒs.tə/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈɹɑ.stɚ/, /ˈɹɔs.tɚ/
  • (General Australian) IPA(key): /ˈɹɔs.tə/
  • Rhymes: -ɒstə(ɹ)

Noun

roster (plural rosters)

  1. A list of individuals or groups, usually for an organization of some kind such as military officers and enlisted personnel enrolled in a particular unit; a muster roll; a sports team, with the names of players who are eligible to be placed in the lineup for a particular game; or a list of students officially enrolled in a school or class.
  2. A list of the jobs to be done by members of an organization and often with the date/time that they are expected to do them.
  3. A schedule or timetable setting out shift times and dates for each employee of a business.
  4. (mathematics) A bracketed list that shows the elements of a set.

Derived terms

Translations

See also

  • rota

Verb

roster (third-person singular simple present rosters, present participle rostering, simple past and past participle rostered)

  1. (transitive) To place the name of (a person) on a roster.
  2. (transitive, mathematics) To show the elements of a set by listing them inside brackets.

Derived terms

  • roster on

Translations

References

  • Trains: Railroad locomotive rosters

Anagrams

  • Storer, Torres, re-sort, resort, retros, sorter, storer

Middle English

Alternative forms

  • roostare

Etymology

From rosten +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈrɔːstər(ə)/

Noun

roster

  1. (rare, Late Middle English) A roaster (a person who roasts).

Descendants

  • English: roaster

References

  • “rōster(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-08-09.

Spanish

Noun

roster m (plural rosters or roster)

  1. (baseball) roster

Source: wiktionary.org