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Is roll a Scrabble word?

Yes, roll is a valid Scrabble word! Worth 4 points in Scrabble.

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What is the meaning of roll?

Definition

verb (English)

1. (ergative) To revolve by turning over and over; to move by turning on a horizontal axis; to impel forward with a revolving motion on a supporting surface.Examples: "To roll a wheel, a ball, or a barrel."; "The child will roll on the floor."; "Huge Trunks of Trees, fell'd from the ſteepy Crown / Of the bare Mountains, rowl with Ruin down."

2. (ergative) To wrap (something) round on itself; to form into a spherical or cylindrical body by causing to turn over and over.Examples: "To roll a sheet of paper; to roll clay or putty into a ball."; "The cloth rolls unevenly; the snow rolls well."

3. (transitive) To bind or involve by winding, as with a bandage; to enwrap; often with up.Examples: "To roll up the vase in bubble wrap."

4. (ergative, sometimes figurative) To drive, impel, or flow onward with a steady, wave-like motion.Examples: "This river will roll its waters to the ocean."; "The years roll on."

5. (ergative) To utter copiously, especially with sounding words; to utter with a deep sound; — often with forth, or out.Examples: "To roll forth someone's praises; to roll out sentences."

6. (ergative) To press, level, spread, or form with a roller or rollers.Examples: "to roll a field; to roll paste; to roll steel rails."; "The pastry rolls well."

noun (English)

1. (nautical, aviation) The oscillating movement of a nautical vessel as it rotates from side to side, about its fore-and-aft axis, causing its sides to go up and down, as distinguished from the alternate rise and fall of bow and stern called pitching; or the equivalent in an aircraft.

2. (nautical) The measure or extent to which a vessel rotates from side to side, about its fore-and-aft axis.

3. (US, paddlesport) An instance of the act of righting a canoe or kayak which has capsized, without exiting the watercraft, or being assisted.Examples: "That was a good roll."

4. (paddlesport) The skill of righting a canoe or kayak which has capsized, without exiting the watercraft, or being assisted.Examples: "She has a bombproof roll."

5. (finance) Any of various financial instruments or transactions that involve opposite positions at different expiries, "rolling" a position from one expiry to another.

6. (programming) An operation similar to a bit shift, but with the bit that "falls off the end" being wrapped around to the other end.

noun (English)

1. (obsolete) A part; an office; a duty; a role.Examples: "THE Methods of Government and of Humane Society, muſt be Preſerv’d, where Every Man has his Roll, and his Station Aſſign’d him ; and it is not for One Man to break in upon the Province of Another."

Definition source: Wiktionary

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How many Scrabble points is the word "roll"?

Scrabble
4 points
r1
o1
l1
l1
Words With Friends
6 points
r1
o1
l2
l2

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