Is RIGOROUSNESS a valid Scrabble word?
Yes, RIGOROUSNESS is a valid word in US Scrabble and UK Scrabble, worth 13 points.
Base score before bonus squares; blank tiles score zero.
What does RIGOROUSNESS mean?
- noun
something hard to endure
“the asperity of northern winters”
- noun
excessive sternness
“severity of character”
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.
Points
13
Scrabble
16
Words With Friends
12
Letters
R (1) + I (1) + G (2) + O (1) + R (1) + O (1) + U (1) + S (1) + N (1) + E (1) + S (1) + S (1) = 13 points in Scrabble.
Dictionary status
- Scrabble (US & Canada)Valid
- Scrabble (UK & worldwide)Valid
- Words With FriendsListed
Scrabble lists: NWL2023 (US & Canada) and CSW24 (UK & worldwide). WWF uses our ENABLE reference plus verified additions. “Listed” and “Not listed” describe that reference; check acceptance in the game. Sources reviewed 2026-10-03.
Hooks for RIGOROUSNESS
RIGOROUSNESS has no one-letter front or back hooks in US Scrabble. Adding a single letter to either end does not make another word in that list.
Front hooks0
None — nothing can be added to the front.
Back hooks0
None — nothing can be added to the end.
Words you can make from RIGOROUSNESS
The 60 highest-scoring words using these letters.
- isogenous10
- sorriness9
- goriness9
- griseous9
- grossers9
- grousers9
- ignorers9
- isogones9
- rigorous9
- surgeons9
- erosions8
- insurers8
- neurosis8
- resinous8
- rosiness8
- rosinous8
- sourness8
- sunrises8
- engross8
- eringos8
- goonier8
- goonies8
- goosier8
- gorsier8
- grisons8
- grosser8
- grosses8
- grouser8
- grouses8
- gurries8
- gussies8
- igneous8
- ignorer8
- ignores8
- ingress8
- isogone8
- isogons8
- noogies8
- orgones8
- orogens8
- regions8
- resigns8
- reusing8
- rigours8
- ringers8
- roosing8
- rousing8
- signers8
- signore8
- signors8
- singers8
- sorings8
- souring8
- sousing8
- surgeon8
- surgers8
- sussing8
- erosion7
- essoins7
- insurer7
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