PRUDE is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. PRUDE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PRUDE?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PRUDE is to know. It scores 8 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PRUDE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
prudesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How PRUDE scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in PRUDE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 32,677.
What stands out about PRUDE
- The same 5 tiles also spell 5 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does PRUDE mean in Scrabble?
noun
informal
A person who is excessively concerned with, or easily shocked by, matters of modesty, decency or sexual propriety.
People label someone a prude, often unkindly, when that person objects to jokes, clothing or behaviour that most others around them consider harmless, drawing a line between ordinary modesty and what speakers see as excessive primness. The word entered English from French, where a prude originally meant a virtuous, careful woman, a sense that later curdled into something closer to an insult as attitudes toward the term shifted. The related adjective prudish describes the attitude itself rather than the person, as in a prudish objection to a film scene. Because calling someone a prude is usually a criticism rather than a neutral description, writers tend to reserve the word for informal or opinionated contexts.
How PRUDE is used
Informal and usually mildly critical, used of a person seen as excessively modest or easily shocked by matters of sexual propriety.
- His friends teased him for being such a prude about the joke.
- She refused to be called a prude just for disliking the film.
- The critic accused the censors of acting like prudes.
- Nobody thought of her as a prude until she objected to the costume.
- He was no prude, but even he found the remark tasteless.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PRUDE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of PRUDE
The 5 tiles of PRUDE in a different order — 5 found.
Words starting with PRUDE
16 longer words begin with PRUDE.
Words with PRUDE inside
10 words contain PRUDE in the middle. Words that start with PRUDE are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in PRUDE
Common questions about PRUDE
- Is PRUDE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PRUDE, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PRUDE worth?
- PRUDE is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PRUDE mean?
- A person who is excessively concerned with, or easily shocked by, matters of modesty, decency or sexual propriety.
- What letters can be added to PRUDE?
- PRUDE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of PRUDE:
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