RUSINE is a valid Scrabble word — 6 points
Yes. RUSINE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 6 points in Scrabble and 8 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept RUSINE?
| 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: 26 / 100
Our own measure of how useful RUSINE is to know. It scores 6 from 6 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for RUSINE
No single letter turns RUSINE into another word.
How RUSINE scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in RUSINE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| r | 1 | 6 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 19,162.
What stands out about RUSINE
- The same 6 tiles also spell 6 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does RUSINE mean in Scrabble?
adjective
zoology
Relating to or resembling deer of the genus Rusa, such as the sambar of southern Asia.
Rusine describes anything relating to the genus Rusa, a group of large Asian deer that includes the sambar. Zoologists use rusine the same way they use bovine for cattle or canine for dogs, turning a genus name into an adjective that classifies a trait or feature. The word turns up most often describing antler shape, since a rusine antler pattern is the simple, three-tined form typical of Rusa deer rather than the more branched antlers of other species. Outside specialist writing on deer and their antlers, rusine is almost never seen.
How RUSINE is used
Confined to zoological writing about deer, especially descriptions of antler form.
- The fossil antler showed a clearly rusine branching pattern.
- Zoologists classified the skull as rusine rather than cervine.
- A rusine antler typically carries just three points.
- The sambar is the best-known rusine deer of southern Asia.
- Researchers compared rusine and axis deer skull structures.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of RUSINE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of RUSINE
The 6 tiles of RUSINE in a different order — 6 found.
Shorter words from the letters in RUSINE
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Common questions about RUSINE
- Is RUSINE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts RUSINE, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is RUSINE worth?
- RUSINE is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does RUSINE mean?
- Relating to or resembling deer of the genus Rusa, such as the sambar of southern Asia.
- What letters can be added to RUSINE?
- No single letter can be added to RUSINE to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of RUSINE:
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