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   roil

   /rɔɪl/

   verb

   • 1. make (a liquid) turbid or muddy by disturbing the sediment: literary "winds roil these waters"
   • ▪ (of a liquid) move in a turbulent, swirling manner: "the sea roiled below her"
   • 2. make (someone) annoyed or irritated.

   Word Origin late 16th century: perhaps from Old French ruiler ‘mix mortar’, from late Latin regulare ‘regulate’.

   Scrabble Points: 4

   • R

     1

   • O

     1

   • I

     1

   • L

     1

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