RUE is a valid Scrabble word — 3 points
Yes. RUE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 3 points in Scrabble and 4 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept RUE?
| 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: 46 / 100
Our own measure of how useful RUE is to know. It scores 3 from 3 tiles, takes 6 hooks, and its letters make up 7.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for RUE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How RUE scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in RUE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| r | 1 | 6 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 561.
What does RUE mean in Scrabble?
verb
literary
To regret something bitterly.
Rue the verb and rue the plant are unrelated, although the plant is bitter and the coincidence has been remarked on for centuries. Ruthless comes from the noun, and the positive form it was built on has vanished entirely.
How RUE is used
Rued, ruing. Chiefly literary.
- He rued the decision within a fortnight.
- The word rue also names a bitter herb.
- Ruthless is built on rue and has no positive partner left.
- She will rue that in about a year.
- Rue as a plant and rue as regret are unrelated.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of RUE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of RUE
The 3 tiles of RUE in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with RUE
16 longer words begin with RUE.
Words ending in RUE
11 words end in RUE. Useful as a back hook: play RUE onto a word already on the board.
Words with RUE inside
Showing 24 of 103 words that contain RUE somewhere in the middle. Words that start with RUE are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in RUE
Common questions about RUE
- Is RUE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts RUE, where it scores 4 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is RUE worth?
- RUE is worth 3 points in Scrabble and 4 points in Words with Friends.
- What does RUE mean?
- To regret something bitterly.
- What letters can be added to RUE?
- RUE takes 6 hooks: 3 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of RUE:
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