RUT is a valid Scrabble word — 3 points
Yes. RUT is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 3 points in Scrabble and 4 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept RUT?
| 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: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful RUT is to know. It scores 3 from 3 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 5.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for RUT
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How RUT scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in RUT, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| r | 1 | 6 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,123.
What does RUT mean in Scrabble?
noun
A deep track made by a wheel.
Rut meaning the mating season of deer is a separate word, from a Latin term about roaring, and the noise is what named it. The track sense probably came from route, which makes the two false neighbours rather than relatives.
How RUT is used
Countable. Also a verb: rutted, rutting.
- A rut that deep will take an axle off.
- The rut of the deer is named from the noise.
- The word rut covers a wheel track and a mating season.
- Two ruts and a crown between them is a farm track.
- Being in a rut is figurative and about eight hundred years newer.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of RUT and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of RUT
The 3 tiles of RUT in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with RUT
Showing 24 of 44 words that begin with RUT.
Words ending in RUT
4 words end in RUT. Useful as a back hook: play RUT onto a word already on the board.
Words with RUT inside
Showing 24 of 185 words that contain RUT somewhere in the middle. Words that start with RUT are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in RUT
Common questions about RUT
- Is RUT valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts RUT, where it scores 4 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is RUT worth?
- RUT is worth 3 points in Scrabble and 4 points in Words with Friends.
- What does RUT mean?
- A deep track made by a wheel.
- What letters can be added to RUT?
- RUT takes 3 hooks: 1 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of RUT:
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