RUG is a valid Scrabble word — 4 points
Yes. RUG is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 4 points in Scrabble and 6 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept RUG?
| 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: 38 / 100
Our own measure of how useful RUG is to know. It scores 4 from 3 tiles, takes 5 hooks, and its letters make up 4.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for RUG
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How RUG scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in RUG, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| r | 1 | 6 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 2,246.
What does RUG mean in Scrabble?
noun
A thick woven mat for a floor.
Rug meant a coarse woollen cloth before it meant a floor covering, and the Scandinavian word behind it referred to shaggy hair. In Britain a rug is also a blanket for the knees, and in slang it is a wig.
How RUG is used
Countable: a rug, two rugs.
- The rug hides a stain that was there before the rug.
- A rug over the knees in an unheated room.
- The word rug once meant coarse cloth.
- Two rugs of different sizes and neither fits the space.
- In slang a rug is a wig.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of RUG and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of RUG
The 3 tiles of RUG in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with RUG
Showing 24 of 49 words that begin with RUG.
Words ending in RUG
13 words end in RUG. Useful as a back hook: play RUG onto a word already on the board.
Words with RUG inside
Showing 24 of 102 words that contain RUG somewhere in the middle. Words that start with RUG are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in RUG
Common questions about RUG
- Is RUG valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts RUG, where it scores 6 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is RUG worth?
- RUG is worth 4 points in Scrabble and 6 points in Words with Friends.
- What does RUG mean?
- A thick woven mat for a floor.
- What letters can be added to RUG?
- RUG takes 5 hooks: 3 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of RUG:
Open RUG in the Word Finder