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Is rule a Scrabble word?

Yes, rule is a valid Scrabble word! Worth 4 points in Scrabble.

Word Games

  • Scrabble US/Canada (OTCWL) Yes
  • Scrabble UK (SOWPODS) Yes
  • Wordle No
  • Words With Friends Yes

What is the meaning of rule?

Definition

noun (English)

1. (uncountable) The act of ruling; administration of law; government; empire; authority; control.Examples: "Obey them that have the rule over you."; "His stern rule the groaning land obeyed."uncountable

2. (obsolete) Conduct; behaviour.Examples: "This uncivil rule; she shall know of it."countableobsoleteuncountable

3. (law) An order regulating the practice of the courts, or an order made between parties to an action or a suit.countableuncountable

4. (mathematics) A determinate method prescribed for performing any operation and producing a certain result.Examples: "a rule for extracting the cube root"countableuncountable

5. (printing, dated) A thin plate of brass or other metal, of the same height as the type, and used for printing lines, as between columns on the same page, or in tabular work.countabledateduncountable

verb (English)

1. (transitive, stative) To regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over.Examples: "And Vickers launched forth into a tirade very different from his platform utterances. He spoke with extreme contempt of the dense stupidity exhibited on all occasions by the working classes. He said that if you wanted to do anything for them, you must rule them, not pamper them. Soft heartedness caused more harm than good."stativetransitive

2. (slang, intransitive, stative) To excel.Examples: "This game rules!"Synonyms: rock, bang, devour, eat, eat and leave no crumbs, excel, go hard, kickAntonyms: stink, suckintransitiveslangstative

3. (intransitive) To decide judicially.Examples: "The US supreme court has ruled unanimously that natural human genes cannot be patented, a decision that scientists and civil rights campaigners said removed a major barrier to patient care and medical innovation."Synonyms: holdintransitive

4. (transitive) To establish or settle by, or as by, a rule; to fix by universal or general consent, or by common practice.Examples: "That's a ruled case with the school-men."transitive

5. (transitive) To mark (paper or the like) with rules (lines).transitive

noun (English)

1. (obsolete) Revelry.obsolete

verb (English)

1. (obsolete, intransitive) To revel.intransitiveobsolete

Definition source: Wiktionary

What Scrabble words can I make with the letters in "rule"?

How many Scrabble points is the word "rule"?

Scrabble
4 points
R1
U1
L1
E1
Words With Friends
6 points
R1
U2
L2
E1

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