Is RUGGEDNESS a valid Scrabble word?
Yes, RUGGEDNESS is a valid word in US Scrabble and UK Scrabble, worth 13 points.
Base score before bonus squares; blank tiles score zero.
What does RUGGEDNESS mean?
- noun
the property of being big and strong
- noun
the quality of being topologically uneven
“the ruggedness of the mountains”
- noun
the quality of being difficult to do
“he assigned a series of problems of increasing hardness”
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.
Points
13
Scrabble
17
Words With Friends
10
Letters
R (1) + U (1) + G (2) + G (2) + E (1) + D (2) + 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 RUGGEDNESS
RUGGEDNESS 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 RUGGEDNESS
The 60 highest-scoring words using these letters.
- grudges10
- snugged10
- rudeness9
- dengues9
- genders9
- gerunds9
- grunges9
- guessed9
- nudgers9
- snugger9
- grudge9
- gunged9
- gurged9
- rugged9
- dueness8
- endures8
- ensured8
- genuses8
- guesser8
- neguses8
- redness8
- resends8
- senders8
- sunders8
- undress8
- dengue8
- edgers8
- eggers8
- gender8
- gerund8
- greeds8
- grunge8
- gunges8
- gurges8
- nudger8
- nudges8
- runged8
- sedges8
- segued8
- serged8
- surged8
- egged8
- ensures7
- denser7
- druses7
- duress7
- egress7
- enders7
- endues7
- endure7
- ensued7
- enured7
- genres7
- greens7
- nursed7
- resend7
- reused7
- seders7
- segues7
- sender7
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