RUBUS is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. RUBUS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 7 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept RUBUS?
| 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: 25 / 100
Our own measure of how useful RUBUS is to know. It scores 7 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for RUBUS
Front hooks — 1
urubusBack hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How RUBUS scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in RUBUS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| r | 1 | 6 |
| u | 2 | 4 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 261,415.
What does RUBUS mean in Scrabble?
noun
botany
The genus of thorny shrubs in the rose family that includes the raspberry and the blackberry.
Plants in rubus grow woody, often prickly stems that arch and root where they touch the ground, a habit that lets a single bramble spread into a dense thicket within a few seasons. Botanists group hundreds of species under rubus, from wild hedgerow brambles to cultivated raspberry and loganberry varieties bred for larger, sweeter fruit. The soft, edible fruit itself is not a true berry but an aggregate of tiny fruitlets clustered around a central core, which is why a blackberry comes apart into small segments when picked. Gardeners prize rubus for its fruit but also fight its tendency to spread aggressively into open ground.
How RUBUS is used
A botanical genus name, used mainly in horticulture, plant guides and scientific writing rather than everyday speech.
- The field guide listed six wild rubus species growing along the riverbank.
- Gardeners planted a thornless rubus variety to make picking easier.
- Raspberries and blackberries both belong to the genus rubus.
- Left untended, the rubus had spread across half the old orchard.
- The botanist pointed out how each rubus fruit was made of tiny clustered segments.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of RUBUS and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with RUBUS
1 longer words begin with RUBUS.
Words ending in RUBUS
1 words end in RUBUS. Useful as a back hook: play RUBUS onto a word already on the board.
Shorter words from the letters in RUBUS
Common questions about RUBUS
- Is RUBUS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts RUBUS, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is RUBUS worth?
- RUBUS is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does RUBUS mean?
- The genus of thorny shrubs in the rose family that includes the raspberry and the blackberry.
- What letters can be added to RUBUS?
- RUBUS takes 1 hook: 1 in front and 0 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of RUBUS:
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