roof: meaning and words from its letters
4 letters · 7 letter points · starts with R · ends with F
Meaning of roof
noun
The external covering at the top of a building.
Example: The roof was blown off by the tornado.
The top external level of a building.
Example: Let's go up to the roof.
The upper part of a cavity.
Example: The palate is the roof of the mouth.
The surface or bed of rock immediately overlying a bed of coal or a flat vein.
Listed forms: roofs, rooves, roofe.
Source: Wiktionary — roof.
verb
- transitive
To cover or furnish with a roof.
To traverse buildings by walking or climbing across their roofs.
- slang, transitive
To put into prison, to bird.
- transitive
To shelter as if under a roof.
Listed forms: roofs, roofing, roofed.
Source: Wiktionary — roof.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Synonyms by meaning
Words are grouped by sense, so they are not necessarily interchangeable in every context. Search synonyms for roof.
noun
an upper limit on what is allowed
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is roof in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of roof
R(1) + O(1) + O(1) + F(4) = 7 points.
This is a sum of letter values without board bonuses or word multipliers. A blank tile is worth zero: subtract the value of each letter supplied by a blank. The score does not establish game validity. Full letter-value table.
Anagrams of roof
0 other standard-list words use exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
No other single-word anagram was found in our standard list.
Shorter words from roof
7 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in roof. Showing up to 24, longest first.