roop

Plural: roops

Verb

To cry; shout.
To roar; make a great noise.
To make hoarse.

Noun

Hoarseness.

Examples

I am rooped up.

Origin / 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 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”).

Scrabble Score: 6

roop: not valid in Scrabble (US) TWL Dictionary
roop: not valid in Scrabble (MW) Merriam-Webster Dictionary
roop: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 0

roop: not valid in Words With Friends