Unscramble RUGA and you have 14 words, RUGA itself among them: it scores 5 in Scrabble and 7 in Words With Friends. 3 anagrams of RUGA are on the page: GAUR, GUAR and RAGU, each 5 points. 5 shorter words score 4, among them RUG, RAG and GAR. The 4 letters split into 2 vowels and 2 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Words from RUGA by length: 4 with 4 letters, 5 with 3 and 5 with 2.
Keep every letter of RUGA but one, change that one, and you get:
More 4-letter words: starting with RU · ending in GA · all 4-letter words
Add two letters to RUGA:
What RUGA means, then the 6 highest-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept RUGA, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| RUGA itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 14) | 8 | 14 | 8 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
6 of the 14 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: RAGU, GAU, GUR, GU, UG and UR.
Each word below uses all the letters of RUGA and one more.