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Is LOO a Scrabble word?

Yes. LOO is a valid Scrabble word in both tournament lists, NWL2023 and Collins, and in ENABLE. It scores 3 points in Scrabble and 4 in Words With Friends.

NWL Collins ENABLE

Meaning A lavatory: a room used for urination and defecation.

Noun 4 meanings

  1. A lavatory: a room used for urination and defecation.

  2. A toilet: a fixture used for urination and defecation.

  3. The penalty paid to the pool in lanterloo for breaking certain rules or failing to take a trick.

  4. An act that prompts such a penalty.

Interjection 1 meaning

  1. A cry to urge on hunting dogs.

Verb 2 meanings

  1. To beat in the card game lanterloo.

  2. To pay a penalty to the pool for breaking certain rules or failing to take a trick in lanterloo.

Definitions adapted from Wiktionary: loo via Kaikki/Wiktextract, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Where it comes from

Etymology

Uncertain, although usually derived in some way from Waterloo, the site of Wellington's 1815 victory over Napoleon, likely via a pun based on water closet.

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LOO at a glance

LOO has 3 letters and scores 3 points in Scrabble (L 1 + O 1 + O 1) and 4 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #19,219 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins (older SOWPODS edition).

Words ending in -LOO

More endings

Same last three letters as LOO. This is a spelling match, so not every word here rhymes.

  • WATERLOO11
  • IGLOO6
  • BOOGALOO11
  • BALOO7
  • HULLABALOO15
  • VINDALOO12
  • CALLALOO10
  • HALLOO9
  • HULLABALLOO16
  • GARDYLOO13
  • SUPERLOO10
  • MOOLOO8

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