RURALISE is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. RURALISE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept RURALISE?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 42 / 100
Our own measure of how useful RURALISE is to know. It scores 8 from 8 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for RURALISE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How RURALISE scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in RURALISE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| r | 2 | 6 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so RURALISE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does RURALISE mean in Scrabble?
verb
British
To make something rural in character or appearance.
To ruralise a place is to give it a countryside feel, for instance by adding fields, trees or country habits. Ruralise is the British spelling, and it is the opposite of urbanising a district.
How RURALISE is used
Ruralise is a formal verb used in discussions of planning, landscape and social change.
- Planners wanted to ruralise the old industrial estate with meadows and hedges.
- The new owner tried to ruralise the town house with farm furniture.
- Policies meant to ruralise the suburb brought sheep back to the common.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of RURALISE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with RURALISE
2 longer words begin with RURALISE.
Shorter words from the letters in RURALISE
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Common questions about RURALISE
- Is RURALISE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts RURALISE, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is RURALISE worth?
- RURALISE is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does RURALISE mean?
- To make something rural in character or appearance.
- What letters can be added to RURALISE?
- RURALISE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of RURALISE:
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