RUTILANT is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. RUTILANT 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 RUTILANT?
| 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: 34 / 100
Our own measure of how useful RUTILANT is to know. It scores 8 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for RUTILANT
No single letter turns RUTILANT into another word.
How RUTILANT scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in RUTILANT, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| r | 1 | 6 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| t | 2 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so RUTILANT has to be built on the board across turns.
What does RUTILANT mean in Scrabble?
adjective
literary
Shining or glowing with a reddish or golden light.
Rutilant is a poetic word for a red glow, as of embers or a sunset. Poets reach for rutilant when plain red would be too flat for the image they want.
How RUTILANT is used
Rutilant is rare and appears in literary or descriptive writing about fire and sunlight.
- The rutilant sky promised a clear day.
- Rutilant embers glowed in the grate long after midnight.
- The poet praised the rutilant gleam of the autumn leaves.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of RUTILANT and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in RUTILANT
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Common questions about RUTILANT
- Is RUTILANT valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts RUTILANT, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is RUTILANT worth?
- RUTILANT is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does RUTILANT mean?
- Shining or glowing with a reddish or golden light.
- What letters can be added to RUTILANT?
- No single letter can be added to RUTILANT to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of RUTILANT:
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