RURBAN is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. RURBAN is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept RURBAN?
| 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: 25 / 100
Our own measure of how useful RURBAN is to know. It scores 8 from 6 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for RURBAN
No single letter turns RURBAN into another word.
How RURBAN scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in RURBAN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| r | 2 | 6 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 183,959.
What does RURBAN mean in Scrabble?
adjective
technical
Describing an area that has both country and city features, such as a village on the edge of a town.
Rurban is a blend of rural and urban, coined to name places that fit neither word on its own. Planners and geographers use rurban for the fringe where fields give way to housing estates, commuter villages and small business parks. The word is handy because such zones are growing fast around large towns and need a label of their own.
How RURBAN is used
Mainly found in planning, geography and sociology texts.
- The report studies the rurban belt around the capital.
- They moved to a rurban village with a train line and a farm shop.
- Rurban life mixes quiet lanes with a quick drive to the shops.
- The council struggles to plan services for a rurban district.
- Many rurban families keep chickens and commute to the city.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of RURBAN and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in RURBAN
Common questions about RURBAN
- Is RURBAN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts RURBAN, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is RURBAN worth?
- RURBAN is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does RURBAN mean?
- Describing an area that has both country and city features, such as a village on the edge of a town.
- What letters can be added to RURBAN?
- No single letter can be added to RURBAN to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of RURBAN:
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