What ROOT Means
- noun: (botany) the usually underground organ that lacks buds or leaves or nodes; absorbs water and mineral salts; usually it anchors the plant to the ground
- noun: the place where something begins, where it springs into being“the Italian beginning of the Renaissance”
- verb: take root and begin to grow“this plant roots quickly”
- verb: come into existence, originate“The problem roots in her depression”
Similar words
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
ROOT is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 4 in Scrabble and 4 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as R1 O1 O1 T1.
Anagrams of ROOT (2)
Same letters, different order. Any of these plays the same tiles for the same score.
Words Made From The Letters In ROOT
10 shorter words come out of these tiles. On a board that matters more than the long play, because a short word on a premium square often beats a long one on plain squares.
3 letter words (7)
2 letter words (3)
Longer Words Containing ROOT
ROOT appears inside each of these, which is what makes it worth knowing as a hook.
ALUMROOTALUMROOTSARROWROOTARROWROOTSBEETROOTBEETROOTSBIRTHROOTBIRTHROOTSBITTERROOTBLOODROOTBLOODROOTSBREADROOTBREADROOTSBRIARROOTBRIARROOTSBRIERROOTBRIERROOTSCHAYROOTCHAYROOTSCHEROOTCHEROOTSCHINAROOTCHINAROOTSCLUBROOTCLUBROOTSCOLICROOTCOLICROOTSCORALROOTCORALROOTSDISROOTDISROOTEDDISROOTINGDISROOTSDRAGONROOTENROOTENROOTEDENROOTINGENROOTSFEVERROOTFEVERROOTS
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