RUBBY is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. RUBBY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept RUBBY?
| 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: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful RUBBY is to know. It scores 12 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 3.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for RUBBY
Front hooks — 1
grubbyBack hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How RUBBY scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in RUBBY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| r | 1 | 6 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| b | 2 | 2 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,568 thousand.
What does RUBBY mean in Scrabble?
noun
slangNorth American
A homeless person addicted to drinking cheap or non-beverage alcohol, a term used mainly in Canada.
A rubby is someone whose drinking has become so severe that they resort to rubbing alcohol or other cheap, harmful substitutes when ordinary drink is unavailable. The word grew out of the phrase rubbing alcohol and became a rough label for street alcoholics, particularly in Canadian cities. It carries a harsh, dismissive tone and is used to describe a person's situation rather than to insult a group defined by background or identity. Social workers and journalists sometimes use rubby when discussing homelessness and addiction, though more neutral terms are increasingly preferred.
How RUBBY is used
Canadian slang, blunt and somewhat dated, used of a homeless alcoholic.
- The shelter offered a warm bed to any rubby who came in from the cold.
- Old newspaper reports described the man simply as a rubby.
- A rubby was found sleeping behind the old warehouse.
- The novel portrayed a rubby struggling through a Canadian winter.
- Volunteers tried to get the rubby into a treatment programme.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of RUBBY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with RUBBY
2 longer words begin with RUBBY.
Words ending in RUBBY
5 words end in RUBBY. Useful as a back hook: play RUBBY onto a word already on the board.
Shorter words from the letters in RUBBY
Common questions about RUBBY
- Is RUBBY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts RUBBY, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is RUBBY worth?
- RUBBY is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does RUBBY mean?
- A homeless person addicted to drinking cheap or non-beverage alcohol, a term used mainly in Canada.
- What letters can be added to RUBBY?
- RUBBY takes 1 hook: 1 in front and 0 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of RUBBY:
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