RUBRICATOR is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. RUBRICATOR is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 17 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept RUBRICATOR?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful RUBRICATOR is to know. It scores 14 from 10 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for RUBRICATOR
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
rubricatorsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How RUBRICATOR scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in RUBRICATOR, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| r | 3 | 6 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so RUBRICATOR has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about RUBRICATOR
- RUBRICATOR begins and ends with the same letter.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does RUBRICATOR mean in Scrabble?
noun
A scribe or artist who adds red capital letters and other decorative marks to a manuscript.
Medieval books were often made in two stages: one person copied the text, and a rubricator came afterwards to colour the headings and initials. The craft gave the word "rubric" its meaning of a heading.
How RUBRICATOR is used
Found almost only in writing about medieval manuscripts and book history.
- The rubricator left the large initials blank until the final pass.
- A skilled rubricator could make a plain page glow with red ink.
- In the monastery workshop, one monk acted as rubricator for every new psalter.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of RUBRICATOR and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with RUBRICATOR
1 longer words begin with RUBRICATOR.
Shorter words from the letters in RUBRICATOR
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Common questions about RUBRICATOR
- Is RUBRICATOR valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts RUBRICATOR, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is RUBRICATOR worth?
- RUBRICATOR is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does RUBRICATOR mean?
- A scribe or artist who adds red capital letters and other decorative marks to a manuscript.
- What letters can be added to RUBRICATOR?
- RUBRICATOR takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of RUBRICATOR:
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