RUINATE is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. RUINATE 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 RUINATE?
| 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: 54 / 100
Our own measure of how useful RUINATE is to know. It scores 7 from 7 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 7.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for RUINATE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How RUINATE scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in RUINATE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| r | 1 | 6 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 19,061.
What stands out about RUINATE
- The same 7 tiles also spell 3 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 RUINATE mean in Scrabble?
verb
archaicregional
To bring to ruin, or to destroy or reduce someone to poverty.
Ruinate is an older, longer form of ruin and now sounds antique or dialectal. Writers choose it for a period flavour in historical fiction.
How RUINATE is used
Rare today; found in old texts and some regional speech.
- The war threatened to ruinate the whole region.
- Gambling would ruinate him within a year.
- The storm did ruinate the harvest.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of RUINATE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of RUINATE
The 7 tiles of RUINATE in a different order — 3 found.
Words starting with RUINATE
2 longer words begin with RUINATE.
Shorter words from the letters in RUINATE
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Common questions about RUINATE
- Is RUINATE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts RUINATE, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is RUINATE worth?
- RUINATE is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does RUINATE mean?
- To bring to ruin, or to destroy or reduce someone to poverty.
- What letters can be added to RUINATE?
- RUINATE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of RUINATE:
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