Is RUE a Scrabble word?
Yes. RUE is a valid Scrabble word in both tournament lists, NWL2023 and Collins, and in ENABLE. It scores 3 points in Scrabble and 4 in Words With Friends.
Meaning To repent of or regret (some past action or event); to wish that a past action or event had not taken place.
Verb 1 meaning
To repent of or regret (some past action or event); to wish that a past action or event had not taken place.
“to rue the day”
Noun 1 meaning
Any of various perennial shrubs of the genus Ruta, especially the herb Ruta graveolens (common rue), formerly used in medicines.
Etymology
From Middle English rewe, reowe, from Old English hrēow (“sorrow, regret, penitence, repentance, penance”), from Proto-West Germanic *hreuwu (“pain, sadness, regret, repentance”). Cognates include German reuen (“to regret, to repent”) and Dutch rouwen (“to mourn, to grieve”).
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RUE at a glance
RUE has 3 letters and scores 3 points in Scrabble (R 1 + U 1 + E 1) and 4 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #13,566 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins (older SOWPODS edition).
Words ending in -RUE
More endings- TRUE4
- UNTRUE6
- ACCRUE10
- CONSTRUE10
- CRUE6
- SPRUE7
- MISCONSTRUE15
- GRUE5
- IMBRUE10
- CONGRUE10
- EMBRUE10
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