Is OORIE a valid word?

OORIE is a Scots word meaning chilly, dreary or dismal, another spelling of OURIE. Two O tiles, an I and an E around a single R make OORIE one of the best vowel dumps there is. Picture a cold, gray Scottish morning, oorie and damp. It belongs to old Scots speech, where a winter's night could be called oorie and long. Its pair of O tiles is the hard part to place, and OORIE handles both.

Before any bonus squares: O 1 + O 1 + R 1 + I 1 + E 1 = 5. On a double-word square that's 10, on a triple-word 15, and every letter bonus under one of these tiles is applied first.

Later in the game, put the O on a 3L square and OORIE is worth 7 before any word bonus.

Swap any one letter of OORIE and these are still words:

No other word in the list uses exactly the letters O, O, R, I and E.

OORIE is Scots for cold and dismal, another spelling of OURIE.

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