roop
Not valid in Scrabble
It's a recognised English word, but it isn't in the official NASPA Scrabble word list.
- Scrabble points
- 6
- Words With Friends
- 7
- Letters
- 4
Definition of roop
4 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
verb
- (dialectal, intransitive)To cry; shout.
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verb
- (dialectal, intransitive)To cry; shout.
- (Northern-England, Scotland, UK, dialectal, intransitive)To roar; make a great noise.
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(dialectal, transitive, usually, with-up)To make hoarse.
“I am rooped up.”
noun
- Hoarseness.
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Etymology
From Middle English ropen (“to cry out”), from Old English hrōpan (“to shout, proclaim; cry out, scream, howl”), from Proto-Germanic *hrōpaną (“to call, shout, cry”), from Proto-Indo-European *ker-, *kor- (“to…
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From Middle English ropen (“to cry out”), from Old English hrōpan (“to shout, proclaim; cry out, scream, howl”), from Proto-Germanic *hrōpaną (“to call, shout, cry”), from Proto-Indo-European *ker-, *kor- (“to caw, crow”). Cognate with Scots roup (“to shout, roar, cry out loudly”), Saterland Frisian roupe (“to call, shout”), Dutch roepen (“to shout, cry out”), German rufen (“to call, cry, shout”), Swedish ropa (“to call, cry out, shout”), Icelandic hrópa (“to cry out”).
Words you can make from roop
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