Is RUBRICATES a valid Scrabble word?
Yes, RUBRICATES is a valid word in US Scrabble and UK Scrabble, worth 14 points.
Base score before bonus squares; blank tiles score zero.
What does RUBRICATES mean?
Rubricates is a form of RUBRICATE.
- verb
place in the church calendar as a red-letter day honoring a saint
“She was rubricated by the pope”
- verb
furnish with rubrics or regulate by rubrics
“the manuscript is not rubricated”
- verb
decorate (manuscripts) with letters painted red
“In this beautiful book, all the place names are rubricated”
- verb
sign with a mark instead of a name
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.
Points
14
Scrabble
17
Words With Friends
10
Letters
R (1) + U (1) + B (3) + R (1) + I (1) + C (3) + A (1) + T (1) + E (1) + S (1) = 14 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 RUBRICATES
RUBRICATES 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 RUBRICATES
The 60 highest-scoring words using these letters.
- carburets13
- carburise13
- catbriers13
- rubricate13
- brucites12
- carburet12
- catbrier12
- turbaries11
- ascribe11
- becrust11
- becurst11
- bracers11
- brucite11
- caribes11
- cubesat11
- curbers11
- rubaces11
- rubrics11
- scriber11
- suberic11
- subrace11
- airburst10
- arbiters10
- bruiters10
- burriest10
- burstier10
- crustier10
- erratics10
- rarebits10
- recruits10
- suricate10
- bisect10
- bracer10
- braces10
- bracts10
- bustic10
- cabers10
- caribe10
- ceibas10
- cubers10
- cubist10
- cubits10
- curber10
- rubace10
- rubric10
- sabicu10
- sacbut10
- scribe10
- terbic10
- arbiter9
- arbutes9
- atresic9
- baiters9
- barites9
- barrets9
- barters9
- brasier9
- bruiser9
- bruiter9
- buriers9
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