RUTHENIUM is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. RUTHENIUM is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 17 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept RUTHENIUM?
| 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: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful RUTHENIUM is to know. It scores 14 from 9 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for RUTHENIUM
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
rutheniumsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How RUTHENIUM scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in RUTHENIUM, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| r | 1 | 6 |
| u | 2 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so RUTHENIUM has to be built on the board across turns.
What does RUTHENIUM mean in Scrabble?
noun
chemistry
A rare platinum-group metal (symbol Ru) used to harden platinum and palladium alloys and in electrical contacts and catalysts.
Chemists usually meet ruthenium in the company of platinum ores, where it occurs in tiny amounts. Its hardness makes it useful for toughening other metals, and its symbol is Ru.
How RUTHENIUM is used
Used in chemistry and metallurgy, usually as a plain uncountable noun.
- Ruthenium is added to platinum to make the alloy harder.
- The sample contained a trace of ruthenium.
- A thin layer of ruthenium coated the electrical contacts.
- Few people outside a laboratory ever handle pure ruthenium.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of RUTHENIUM and 4 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with RUTHENIUM
1 longer words begin with RUTHENIUM.
Shorter words from the letters in RUTHENIUM
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Common questions about RUTHENIUM
- Is RUTHENIUM valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts RUTHENIUM, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is RUTHENIUM worth?
- RUTHENIUM is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does RUTHENIUM mean?
- A rare platinum-group metal (symbol Ru) used to harden platinum and palladium alloys and in electrical contacts and catalysts.
- What letters can be added to RUTHENIUM?
- RUTHENIUM takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of RUTHENIUM:
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