RUCKLE is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. RUCKLE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept RUCKLE?
| 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: 42 / 100
Our own measure of how useful RUCKLE is to know. It scores 12 from 6 tiles, takes 4 hooks, and its letters make up 4.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for RUCKLE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How RUCKLE scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in RUCKLE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| r | 1 | 6 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 517,384.
What does RUCKLE mean in Scrabble?
verb
Scots
To crumple or crease something into small folds, or to make a rattling sound in the throat.
The word is a close cousin of ruck, which also means to crease or wrinkle, and it is mostly met in Scottish and northern usage. Cloth, paper or bedding that has been pressed and bunched is said to ruckle. In the second sense, a person near death was once described as having a ruckle in the chest, the rasping noise of laboured breathing. Outside dialect and Scrabble lists the word is seldom heard today.
How RUCKLE is used
Dialect and literary; rare in current standard English.
- The wet sheets began to ruckle as they dried in the wind.
- Do not ruckle the letter or the ink will crack along the folds.
- Her skirt would ruckle at the hem whenever she sat for long.
- A faint ruckle came from his throat as he slept.
- The old rug had started to ruckle near the door.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of RUCKLE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with RUCKLE
2 longer words begin with RUCKLE.
Shorter words from the letters in RUCKLE
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Common questions about RUCKLE
- Is RUCKLE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts RUCKLE, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is RUCKLE worth?
- RUCKLE is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does RUCKLE mean?
- To crumple or crease something into small folds, or to make a rattling sound in the throat.
- What letters can be added to RUCKLE?
- RUCKLE takes 4 hooks: 2 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of RUCKLE:
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