RURAL is a valid Scrabble word — 5 points
Yes. RURAL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 5 points in Scrabble and 7 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept RURAL?
| 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: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful RURAL is to know. It scores 5 from 5 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 5.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for RURAL
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How RURAL scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in RURAL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| r | 2 | 6 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 34,855.
What does RURAL mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Relating to, characteristic of, or located in the countryside, as opposed to a town or city.
Rural functions as the natural opposite of urban, describing farmland, villages and open landscape rather than busy streets and tall buildings. Governments and researchers use the word to classify areas by population density and distance from cities, which affects everything from school funding to internet access. Life described as rural is often associated with farming, quiet surroundings and closer distances between neighbours, though the exact boundary between rural and urban varies by country.
How RURAL is used
Extremely common in everyday speech, journalism, government statistics and geography, almost always contrasted with urban.
- They moved from the city to a rural area to raise chickens.
- Rural schools often serve students spread across a wide area.
- Broadband access remains patchy in many rural communities.
- The novel is set in a rural village in the mountains.
- Rural hospitals sometimes struggle to attract specialist doctors.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of RURAL and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with RURAL
24 longer words begin with RURAL.
Words ending in RURAL
5 words end in RURAL. Useful as a back hook: play RURAL onto a word already on the board.
Shorter words from the letters in RURAL
Common questions about RURAL
- Is RURAL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts RURAL, where it scores 7 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is RURAL worth?
- RURAL is worth 5 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends.
- What does RURAL mean?
- Relating to, characteristic of, or located in the countryside, as opposed to a town or city.
- What letters can be added to RURAL?
- RURAL takes 2 hooks: 1 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of RURAL:
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