RUGOSE is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. RUGOSE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 7 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept RUGOSE?
| 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: 26 / 100
Our own measure of how useful RUGOSE is to know. It scores 7 from 6 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for RUGOSE
No single letter turns RUGOSE into another word.
How RUGOSE scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in RUGOSE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| r | 1 | 6 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 43,115.
What stands out about RUGOSE
- The same 6 tiles also spell 5 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does RUGOSE mean in Scrabble?
adjective
botanyzoology
Wrinkled or covered with a network of ridges and furrows, especially describing leaves, shells, or skin.
Rugose is a descriptive term biologists use for any surface marked by a pattern of raised ridges and sunken lines, most often the veined, crinkled leaves of certain plants such as sage. The same word describes wrinkled shells, rough insect wing cases, or furrowed skin, wherever the surface departs from a smooth finish in a regular, textured way. The related words rugate and rugous mean exactly the same thing and are simply older or less common spellings of the same idea.
How RUGOSE is used
A technical descriptive term in botany and zoology, rarely used outside scientific description.
- The field guide described the leaf as rugose, with deep veins between the ridges.
- Under the microscope, the wing case of the beetle looked distinctly rugose.
- A rugose shell texture helps some mollusks blend into rocky seabeds.
- The old apple had gone soft and rugose after months in storage.
- Botanists noted the rugose surface as a key identifying feature of the species.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of RUGOSE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of RUGOSE
The 6 tiles of RUGOSE in a different order — 5 found.
Words starting with RUGOSE
1 longer words begin with RUGOSE.
Shorter words from the letters in RUGOSE
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Common questions about RUGOSE
- Is RUGOSE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts RUGOSE, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is RUGOSE worth?
- RUGOSE is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does RUGOSE mean?
- Wrinkled or covered with a network of ridges and furrows, especially describing leaves, shells, or skin.
- What letters can be added to RUGOSE?
- No single letter can be added to RUGOSE to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of RUGOSE:
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