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Is rush a Scrabble word?

Yes, rush is a valid Scrabble word! Worth 7 points in Scrabble.

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

What is the meaning of rush?

Definition

noun (English)

1. (military) A sudden attack; an onslaught.

2. (video games) The strategy of attacking an opponent with a large swarm of weak units, rather than spending time developing their abilities.Synonyms: zerg

3. (contact sports) The act of running at another player to block or disrupt play.Examples: "a rush on the quarterback"

4. (American football, dated) A rusher; a lineman.Examples: "the center rush, whose place is in the center of the rush line"dated

5. (university slang) A regulated period of recruitment in fraternities and sororities.Examples: "rush week"; "The trend burst through last week during sorority rush at the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa, but it continues today in the form of parody videos, deep dives on the status of various recruits and rush videos from women at other colleges across the country who are just starting the process themselves."; "[…]daily “OOTDs” (outfits of the day), rush recap videos from freshly tanned and coiffed prospective new members (PNMs), and reactions to 18-year-old girls either elated or devastated by the high-stakes game of likability that is rush."

6. (university slang) A person attempting to join a fraternity or sorority as part of a rush.Examples: "At the end of rush, the fraternities vote on who they want to extend invitations to join, and the rushes can then make their selection from the bids they get. Some rushes get bids from multiple fraternities, while others do not get bids from any."; "After a few rounds of these competitions, the rushes that survive to the end get a "bid." Again, kind of like an auction. They don’t come in nice envelopes like sororities, though. Usually what happens is that they put the rushes in a room individually and tell them they didn’t get the bid, to see how sad they get. If they get really sad, the fraternity brothers come to the room and congratulate them on being accepted to the fraternity. Then, the rushes become pledges."

verb (English)

1. (transitive or intransitive) To hurry; to perform a task with great haste, often not properly or without thinking carefully.Examples: "rush one's dinner; rush off an email response"; "Most of the Himalayan rivers have been relatively untouched by dams near their sources. Now the two great Asian powers, India and China, are rushing to harness them as they cut through some of the world's deepest valleys."intransitivetransitive

2. (intransitive) To flow or move forward rapidly or noisily.Examples: "armies rush to battle; waters rush down a precipice."; "For with ſuch puiſſance and impetuous maine / Thoſe Champions broke on them, that forſt the fly, / Like ſcattered Sheepe, whenas the Shepherds ſwaine / A Lyon and a Tigre doth eſpye, / With greedy pace forth ruſhing from the foreſt nye."; "[V]pon a ſodaine, / As Falſtaffe, ſhe, and I, are newly met, / Let them [children dressed like "urchins, ouphes and fairies"] from forth a ſaw-pit ruſh at once / With ſome diffuſed ſong: Vpon their ſight / We two, in great amazedneſſe will flye: […]"intransitive

3. (intransitive, soccer) To dribble rapidly.intransitive

4. (transitive or intransitive, contact sports) To run directly at another player in order to block or disrupt play.intransitivetransitive

5. (transitive) To cause to move or act with unusual haste.Examples: "Don't rush your client or he may withdraw."transitive

6. (intransitive, military) To make a swift or sudden attack.intransitive

name (English)

1. (computing) A dialect of the programming language PL/I.

Definition source: Wiktionary

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

How many Scrabble points is the word "rush"?

Scrabble
7 points
R1
U1
S1
H4
Words With Friends
7 points
R1
U2
S1
H3

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