RUBE is a valid Scrabble word — 6 points
Yes. RUBE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 6 points in Scrabble and 8 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept RUBE?
| 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: 34 / 100
Our own measure of how useful RUBE is to know. It scores 6 from 4 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for RUBE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How RUBE scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in RUBE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| r | 1 | 6 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 6,808.
What does RUBE mean in Scrabble?
noun
informalNorth American
An unsophisticated person from the countryside; a naive or awkward country dweller.
A rube is someone, usually from a rural area, who is seen as easily fooled, awkward in a city, or simply unfamiliar with sophisticated ways, a word carnival workers and city dwellers once used for an easy target or an obvious outsider. It carries a mildly mocking tone rather than outright insult, close to bumpkin or hick. The word rube is common in American slang and in stories about con artists tricking newcomers to the city.
How RUBE is used
Informal, chiefly North American; can be mildly mocking of a naive or rural person.
- The salesman figured the rube would believe anything.
- He felt like a total rube on his first day in the big city.
- The con artists picked out a rube in the crowd.
- Nobody wants to be called a rube on their first visit.
- She laughed at how the rube fell for the oldest trick in the book.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of RUBE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of RUBE
The 4 tiles of RUBE in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with RUBE
23 longer words begin with RUBE.
Words with RUBE inside
9 words contain RUBE in the middle. Words that start with RUBE are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in RUBE
Common questions about RUBE
- Is RUBE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts RUBE, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is RUBE worth?
- RUBE is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does RUBE mean?
- An unsophisticated person from the countryside; a naive or awkward country dweller.
- What letters can be added to RUBE?
- RUBE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of RUBE:
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