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RULE

4 letters, 4 points in Scrabble, 2 vowels

What RULE Means

  1. noun: a principle or condition that customarily governs behavior“it was his rule to take a walk before breakfast”
  2. noun: something regarded as a normative example“the convention of not naming the main character”
  3. verb: exercise authority over; as of nations“Who is governing the country now?”
  4. verb: decide with authority“The King decreed that all firstborn males should be killed”

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Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

RULE is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 4 in Scrabble and 5 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as R1 U1 L1 E1.

Anagrams of RULE (1)

Same letters, different order. Any of these plays the same tiles for the same score.

Words Made From The Letters In RULE

9 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 (4)

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