RUTTISHNESS is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. RUTTISHNESS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept RUTTISHNESS?
| 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: 25 / 100
Our own measure of how useful RUTTISHNESS is to know. It scores 14 from 11 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for RUTTISHNESS
No single letter turns RUTTISHNESS into another word.
How RUTTISHNESS scores
Face value of the 11 tiles in RUTTISHNESS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| r | 1 | 6 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| t | 2 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| s | 3 | 4 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so RUTTISHNESS has to be built on the board across turns.
What does RUTTISHNESS mean in Scrabble?
noun
archaicrare
The state of being lustful or sexually excited, in the manner of animals in rut.
Ruttishness comes from rut, the mating season of deer and other animals, and was once used for human lust too. Today it reads as dated and slightly comic, mostly appearing in older books.
How RUTTISHNESS is used
Archaic; met in older literature and in deliberately old-fashioned humour.
- The old poem mocks the ruttishness of young men in spring.
- The stag's ruttishness made it dangerous to approach in autumn.
- Puritan writers condemned ruttishness in strong terms.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of RUTTISHNESS and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with RUTTISHNESS
1 longer words begin with RUTTISHNESS.
Shorter words from the letters in RUTTISHNESS
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Common questions about RUTTISHNESS
- Is RUTTISHNESS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts RUTTISHNESS, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is RUTTISHNESS worth?
- RUTTISHNESS is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does RUTTISHNESS mean?
- The state of being lustful or sexually excited, in the manner of animals in rut.
- What letters can be added to RUTTISHNESS?
- No single letter can be added to RUTTISHNESS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 11 letters of RUTTISHNESS:
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