RUGGY is valid in Collins, not in North America — 10 points
It depends on the list you play by. RUGGY is in Collins, used in the UK and most of the world, but it is not in the North American lists — so in a US or Canadian game an opponent can challenge it off the board. Worth 10 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept RUGGY?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Not listed |
Word power: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful RUGGY is to know. It scores 10 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 3.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for RUGGY
Front hooks — 1
druggyBack hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How RUGGY scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in RUGGY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| r | 1 | 6 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| g | 2 | 3 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 522,830.
What does RUGGY mean in Scrabble?
adjective
dialect
Rough, shaggy or uneven, especially of hair, ground or fabric.
Ruggy comes from the same root as rug, which first named a coarse woollen cloth long before it meant a floor covering, and both trace to a Scandinavian word for tangled or matted hair. Dialect speakers used ruggy for anything with that uncombed, coarse quality, whether an animal's coat, a length of homespun cloth, or a stretch of broken moorland underfoot. The word belongs mainly to older regional speech, favoured for its vivid picture rather than for precision.
How RUGGY is used
Dialect; describes coarse, shaggy or uneven texture rather than smooth or tidy surfaces.
- The dog's ruggy coat needed a good brushing.
- They crossed a stretch of ruggy ground littered with stones.
- His ruggy beard hadn't been trimmed in months.
- The old blanket felt ruggy and coarse against her skin.
- Ruggy moorland stretched for miles beyond the farm.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of RUGGY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words ending in RUGGY
1 words end in RUGGY. Useful as a back hook: play RUGGY onto a word already on the board.
Shorter words from the letters in RUGGY
Common questions about RUGGY
- Is RUGGY valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and RUGGY is not in it.
- How many points is RUGGY worth?
- RUGGY is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does RUGGY mean?
- Rough, shaggy or uneven, especially of hair, ground or fabric.
- What letters can be added to RUGGY?
- RUGGY takes 1 hook: 1 in front and 0 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of RUGGY:
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