RUMINANT is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. RUMINANT is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept RUMINANT?
| 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: 39 / 100
Our own measure of how useful RUMINANT is to know. It scores 10 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for RUMINANT
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
ruminantsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How RUMINANT scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in RUMINANT, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| r | 1 | 6 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 2 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so RUMINANT has to be built on the board across turns.
What does RUMINANT mean in Scrabble?
noun
A hoofed mammal with a multi-chambered stomach that brings food back up to chew it again.
Cattle, sheep, goats, deer and giraffes are all ruminant animals, able to live on tough grass thanks to this slow digestion. Farmers care about the ruminant gut because its microbes also produce methane.
How RUMINANT is used
Used in biology and farming for cud-chewing animals; also, as an adjective, for such animals.
- A cow is a ruminant and spends hours chewing its cud.
- Every ruminant needs plenty of roughage in its diet.
- The zoo keeps several kinds of ruminant in one paddock.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of RUMINANT and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with RUMINANT
2 longer words begin with RUMINANT.
Shorter words from the letters in RUMINANT
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Common questions about RUMINANT
- Is RUMINANT valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts RUMINANT, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is RUMINANT worth?
- RUMINANT is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does RUMINANT mean?
- A hoofed mammal with a multi-chambered stomach that brings food back up to chew it again.
- What letters can be added to RUMINANT?
- RUMINANT takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of RUMINANT:
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