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TRUE is a familiar word with a less familiar word-game profile: its four tiles are all worth one point, and no other four-letter word uses exactly the same letters. Its recorded frequency rank is 370, with a frequency count of 214,773. That makes TRUE recognizable in ordinary writing, even though its rack offers no alternate anagram.

TRUE at a glance

• TRUE scores 4 points in Scrabble: T, R, U and E are each worth one.
• The word has 4 letters, and its letters sort alphabetically as E, R, T, U.
• TRUE has zero anagrams, so rearranging its four tiles makes no different word.
• Six words sit one letter away: TREE, CRUE, TRIE, GRUE, TRUG and TRYE.
• TRUE rhymes with 10 listed words, including UNTRUE, ACCRUE and CONSTRUE.

What does TRUE mean?

TRUE most often means conforming to reality or fact: a true statement is factually correct. The word also has less common senses tied to alignment, accuracy and straightening something that is out of line. In everyday use, the reality-based sense is the one readers are most likely to meet.

For Scrabble, TRUE is accepted in ENABLE and Collins, and its base value is 4 points. Each of its four letters contributes one point, so the word’s score comes from fitting it onto the board rather than from a high-value tile. A premium square can raise the play’s total, but not the face value of the word.

TRUE meaning, neighbours and rhymes

The spelling follows a useful pattern: T begins the word, R is second, U is third and E closes it. Among four-letter words, 6% begin with T while 13% end in E. That makes the final E a more common endpoint than the opening T in this length group.

The six one-letter neighbours include familiar TREE and less familiar CRUE, TRIE, GRUE, TRUG and TRYE. No anagram competes for the same four tiles, so a rack containing T, R, U and E has TRUE as its only listed four-letter arrangement. Its rhymes range from UNTRUE to the more unusual IMBRUE and CONGRUE.