rugby: meaning and words from its letters
5 letters · 11 letter points · starts with R · ends with Y
Meaning of rugby
noun
- countable, uncountable, usually
A form of football in which players can hold or kick an ovoid ball; rugby football. The ball cannot be handled forwards and points are scored by touching the ball to the ground in the area past the opponent's territory or by kicking the ball between goalposts and over a crossbar.
Example: The scrum is a distinctive element of rugby.
- countable, specifically, uncountable, usually
The form of the game known as rugby union (see the usage note).
Listed forms: rugbies.
Source: Wiktionary — rugby.
verb
- intransitive
To play rugby.
Listed forms: rugbies, rugbying, rugbied.
Source: Wiktionary — rugby.
noun
- Philippines
Rubber cement, contact cement; commonly associated with solvent abuse, as it is often used as an inhalant.
Listed forms: rugbys.
Source: Wiktionary — rugby.
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Synonyms by meaning
Words are grouped by sense, so they are not necessarily interchangeable in every context. Search synonyms for rugby.
noun
a form of football played with an oval ball
- rugby football
- rugger
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is rugby in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of rugby
R(1) + U(1) + G(2) + B(3) + Y(4) = 11 points.
This is a sum of letter values without board bonuses or word multipliers. A blank tile is worth zero: subtract the value of each letter supplied by a blank. The score does not establish game validity. Full letter-value table.
Anagrams of rugby
0 other standard-list words use exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
No other single-word anagram was found in our standard list.
Shorter words from rugby
12 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in rugby. Showing up to 24, longest first.