What RUBY Means
- noun: a transparent piece of ruby that has been cut and polished and is valued as a precious gem
- noun: a transparent deep red variety of corundum; used as a gemstone and in lasers
- adjective: of a color at the end of the color spectrum (next to orange); resembling the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies
Similar words
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
RUBY is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 9 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as R1 U1 B3 Y4.
Anagrams of RUBY (1)
Same letters, different order. Any of these plays the same tiles for the same score.
Words Made From The Letters In RUBY
8 shorter words come out of these tiles. On a board that matters more than the long play, because a short word on a premium square often beats a long one on plain squares.
3 letter words (5)
2 letter words (3)
Longer Words Containing RUBY
RUBY appears inside each of these, which is what makes it worth knowing as a hook.
Next: the Word Unscrambler for any letters at all. Full entry and definition at Merriam-Webster.