What ROUNDABOUT Means
- noun: a road junction at which traffic streams circularly around a central island“the accident blocked all traffic at the rotary”
- noun: a large, rotating machine with seats for children to ride on for amusement
- adjective: marked by obliqueness or indirection in speech or conduct“the explanation was circuitous and puzzling”
- adjective: deviating from a straight course“a scenic but devious route”
Similar words
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
ROUNDABOUT is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 13 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as R1 O1 U1 N1 D2 A1 B3 O1 U1 T1.
Words Made From The Letters In ROUNDABOUT
338 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.
8 letter words (3)
7 letter words (13)
6 letter words (27)
ABOUNDAROUNDAUBURNBARTONBATOONBOUTONBURTONDRAUNTDURANTNARDOONOTOUROBTUNDOUTBAROUTRANOUTRUNRATOONROBANDROTUNDRUBATORUBOUTRUNOUTTABOURTUNDRATURBANUNBOOTUNROOTUNTROD
5 letter words (68)
ABOONABORDABORTABOUTADOBOADORNANDROARNUTBANTUBARDOBARONBATONBOARDBOARTBOORDBORNABORONBOUNDBOURDBOURNBRANDBRANTBROADBRONDBROODBRUNTBUNDTBUNDUBURANBURNTBUROODAUNTDOBRADOBRODONORDONUTDOONADOORNDORBADOUARDOUBTDOURADRANTDROOBODOURORANTOUTDOOUTRORADONRATOOROBOTRONDOROTANROTONROUNDTABOOTABORTABUNTARDOTAUONTONDOTORANTROADTRONATUBARTURBOUNBARURBAN
4 letter words (116)
ABUTAUNTAUTOBANDBANTBARDBARNBAUDBAURBOARBOATBONABONDBOONBOORBOOTBORABORDBORNBORTBOTABOUNBOUTBRADBRANBRATBRODBROOBRUTBUATBUDABUDOBUNABUNDBUNTBURABURDBURNDANTDARBDARNDARTDATODAUBDAURDAUTDOABDOATDONADOOBDOONDOORDORBDORTDOUNDOURDOUTDRABDRATDRUBDUANDUARDUNTDURADURNDURONARDNOOBNOTANOUTNURDODORONTOOONTORADORDOOURNRANDRANTRATORATURAUNROADROANRONTROODROONROOTROTAROTOROUTRUNDRUNTTABUTARNTAROTOADTOONTORATORNTOROTOUNTOURTRADTRODTRONTUANTUBATUNATUNDTURNUDONUNAUUNDOUNTOURAO
3 letter words (88)
ABOADOANDANTARBARDARTBADBANBARBATBOABODBONBOOBORBOTBRABROBRUBUDBUNBURBUTDABDANDOBDONDOODORDOTDUBDUNDUONABNATNODNOONORNOTNUBNURNUTOAROATOBAOBOODAONOOONOOROOTORAORBORDORTOUDOUROUTRADRANRATROBRODROOROTRUBRUDRUNRUTTABTADTANTAOTARTAUTODTONTOOTORTUBTUNUDOURBURDURNUTAUTU
2 letter words (23)
Next: the Word Unscrambler for any letters at all. Full entry and definition at Merriam-Webster.