Definitions for rooks

rooks rook

Spelling: [roo k]
IPA: /rʊk/

Rooks is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 8 points.

You can make 32 anagrams from letters in rooks (koors).

Definitions for rooks

noun

  1. a black, European crow, Corvus frugilegus, noted for its gregarious habits.
  2. a sharper at cards or dice; swindler.
  3. one of two pieces of the same color that may be moved any number of unobstructed squares horizontally or vertically; castle.

verb (used with object)

  1. to cheat; fleece; swindle.

Origin of rooks

before 900; Middle English rok(e), Old English hrōc; cognate with Old Norse hrōkr, Old High German hruoh

Examples for rooks

Swallows often buffet a crow; but this was a clear case of a rook attacking.

I carried the lady into her rook, and they ran for a surgeon and a midwife.

The following day the Blackbird had a long talk with the rook.

If one rook of a colony gets into trouble, all the rest are worried about him directly.

That they are,” replied the rook, “and they ought to be taught better.

He had a gun on his shoulder, and carried by the claws the body of a rook with white wings.

One day he happened to mention his trouble and disappointment to the rook.

We'll rook him at poker and bridge and shooting, and a few other things.

Every rook within a mile flew from its eyrie and cawed strenuously.

Then came a rook, in black, like a minister, with spectacles and white cravat.

Word Value for rooks
Scrable

8

Words with friends

8

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