Yes. OR is a valid word.
OR is valid in the North American word list used for the Scrabble board game and other crossword tile games.
OR is in the NASPA Word List 2023 (NWL2023), the North American list that Tileside uses for challenges and the one used in club and tournament play.
About OR
OR is everyday, and in heraldry it is the name for gold on a coat of arms. It hooks into ORA, ORB, ORC, ORE and ORS, and with a letter in front into FOR, KOR, MOR, NOR and TOR.
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OR scores 2 points
Before any bonus squares: O 1 + R 1 = 2. On a double-word square that's 4, on a triple-word 6, and every letter bonus under one of these tiles is applied first.
Example: OR as the first play
Later in the game, put the O on a 3L square and OR is worth 4 before any word bonus.
Hooks: one tile makes a new word
In front of OR (9):
After OR (7):
Place that one tile so it also forms a word in the other direction and both words score.
Longer words from OR
Other forms of OR (1):
Words that start with OR:
- ORADtoward the mouth or oral region
- ORALusing speech rather than writing
- ORBSform of ORB: the ball-shaped capsule containing the vertebrate eye
- ORBY
- ORCApredatory black-and-white toothed whale with large dorsal fin
- ORCS
- ORDO
- ORESform of ORE: a mineral that contains metal that is valuable enough to be mined
Change one tile
Swap any one letter of OR and these are still words:
Same letters, other words
No other word in the list uses exactly the letters O and R.
Add one tile: words from these letters plus one more
OR + B
OR + E
- OREa mineral that contains metal that is valuable enough to be mined
Memory tip
OR is everyday, and also a heraldry word for gold. ORA, ORB, ORC, ORE and ORS hook off the end.
On these lists
Other two-letter words starting with O
Check words at the table, free
Tileside keeps score, checks words like this one during a challenge, tracks the tiles left in the bag and times turns. It runs in your phone's browser with no account and works offline.
Tileside checks words against the North American list, the NASPA Word List 2023. Your group's chosen dictionary always wins. Playing the international (Collins) list? Turn on its 20 extra two-letter words in Setup.
Word list: NASPA Word List 2023, used under license. NASPA Word List 2023 Edition © NASPA 2023. The copy included in this app is licensed for personal use. You may not use it for any commercial purposes.
Works with the Scrabble board game, played at the table. Tileside is an independent product, not affiliated with or endorsed by the makers of Scrabble.