Is RUBRICATING a valid Scrabble word?
Yes, RUBRICATING is a valid word in US Scrabble and UK Scrabble, worth 16 points.
Base score before bonus squares; blank tiles score zero.
What does RUBRICATING mean?
Rubricating 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
- Scrabble
- 16
- Words With Friends
- 21
- Letters
- 11
R (1) + U (1) + B (3) + R (1) + I (1) + C (3) + A (1) + T (1) + I (1) + N (1) + G (2) = 16 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 RUBRICATING
RUBRICATING 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 RUBRICATING
The 60 highest-scoring words using these letters.
- rubrician13
- bracing12
- curbing12
- bruiting11
- curating11
- granitic11
- cubing11
- uranitic10
- antibug10
- augitic10
- baiting10
- barring10
- birring10
- bruting10
- burring10
- carting10
- crating10
- curring10
- tabuing10
- tracing10
- tricing10
- trucing10
- brucin10
- cubiti10
- incubi10
- rubric10
- currant9
- curtain9
- acting9
- arcing9
- baring9
- bating9
- biting9
- caring9
- citing9
- curing9
- racing9
- ricing9
- tragic9
- tubing9
- baric9
- bract9
- cabin9
- cubit9
- rabic9
- airting8
- tarring8
- anuric8
- birria8
- citrin8
- curari8
- curran8
- iatric8
- nitric8
- nutbar8
- rubati8
- rurban8
- tunica8
- turban8
- uranic8
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