Unscramble RUBRICATE to get 256 words. RUBRICATE itself is a real word: 13 points on a Scrabble board, 16 in Words With Friends. The 9 letters split into 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
R1U12B34R1I1C34A1T1E1
Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from RUBRICATE by length: 1 with 9 letters, 3 with 8, 8 with 7, 46 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 18 with 2.
Among 46 6-letter words you get when you unscramble RUBRICATE, the top score is 10, reached by 8. CRATER, TRACER and BARTER are the familiar ones.
10 of 60 5-letter words from RUBRICATE tie at 9 points; none scores more. TRACE, ACUTE and REACT will look familiar.
Of the 60 4-letter words in RUBRICATE, 6 score 8 points, the group's best. CARE, CART and RACE are the ones most people know.
BAC, CAB and CUB are the top 3-letter words made with RUBRICATE letters, 7 points each. ARE, BUT and CAR will look familiar.
These 6 words have the length of RUBRICATE, with one letter different:
More 9-letter words: starting with RU · ending in TE · all 9-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with CARBURET and CATBRIER (12 points each).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes. RUBRICATE is playable in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it is in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| RUBRICATE itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 256) | 211 | 256 | 197 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 45 of them: CRIBRATE, CABRIE, CABRIT, CABRE, TRACEUR, ABITUR, ACTURE, ARRECT, BARRIE, CAUTER, CRATUR, CUITER and 33 more. Words With Friends* skips 14 of them: BRUCITE, BRUTER, RUBATI, CAURI, RECIT, CERT, CRIA, CRIT, RABI, BAE, CRU, TEC and 2 more.
With one more tile, the letters of RUBRICATE spell the words below.