Is OR a Scrabble word?
Yes. OR is a valid Scrabble word in both tournament lists, NWL2023 and Collins, and in ENABLE. It scores 2 points in Scrabble and 2 in Words With Friends.
Meaning Connects at least two alternative words, phrases, clauses, sentences, etc., each of which could make a passage true.
Conjunction 4 meanings
Connects at least two alternative words, phrases, clauses, sentences, etc., each of which could make a passage true.
“You may stay or go.”
An operator denoting the disjunction of two propositions or truth values. There are two forms: the inclusive or and the exclusive or.
Counts the elements before and after as two possibilities.
Otherwise (a consequence of the condition that the previous is false).
“It's raining! Come inside or you'll catch a cold!”
Noun 1 meaning
The gold or yellow tincture on a coat of arms.
Adjective 1 meaning
Of gold or yellow tincture on a coat of arms.
Etymology
From Middle English or; partially contracted from other, auther, from Old English āþor, āwþer, āhwæþer ("some, any, either"; > either); and partially from Middle English oththe, from Old English oþþe, from Proto-Germanic *efþau (“or”).
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OR at a glance
OR has 2 letters and scores 2 points in Scrabble (O 1 + R 1) and 2 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #28 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins (older SOWPODS edition).
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