RURU is valid in Collins, not in North America — 4 points
It depends on the list you play by. RURU is in Collins, used in the UK and most of the world, but it is not in the North American lists — so in a US or Canadian game an opponent can challenge it off the board. Worth 4 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept RURU?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Not listed |
Word power: 24 / 100
Our own measure of how useful RURU is to know. It scores 4 from 4 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for RURU
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
rurusChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How RURU scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in RURU, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| r | 2 | 6 |
| u | 2 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 43,569.
What does RURU mean in Scrabble?
noun
New Zealand
A small native owl of New Zealand, also known as the morepork, named for its call.
The ruru is New Zealand's most common native owl and takes both its Maori name and its English name, morepork, from the two-note call it makes at night. It has long held a place in Maori tradition as a bird of omen, said to signal news or warn of danger.
How RURU is used
Used mainly in New Zealand English and in writing about New Zealand wildlife.
- We heard a ruru calling from the dark bush.
- The ruru is active only after nightfall.
- Maori legend gives the ruru the power to foretell events.
- A ruru nested in the old pohutukawa tree.
- Photographers waited hours to capture the ruru in flight.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of RURU and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with RURU
1 longer words begin with RURU.
Shorter words from the letters in RURU
Common questions about RURU
- Is RURU valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and RURU is not in it.
- How many points is RURU worth?
- RURU is worth 4 points in Scrabble and 6 points in Words with Friends.
- What does RURU mean?
- A small native owl of New Zealand, also known as the morepork, named for its call.
- What letters can be added to RURU?
- RURU takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of RURU:
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