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Is rubicon a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word rubicon is a Scrabble US word. The word rubicon is worth 11 points in Scrabble:

R1U1B3I1C3O1N1

Is rubicon a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word rubicon is a Scrabble UK word and has 11 points:

R1U1B3I1C3O1N1

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7-letter words (1 found)

RUBICON,

6-letter words (3 found)

BICORN,BICRON,BRUCIN,

5-letter words (16 found)

BORIC,BOURN,BRONC,BRUIN,BUNCO,BURIN,CORNI,CORNU,COURB,CURIO,INCUR,INORB,ORCIN,ROBIN,RUBIN,RUNIC,

4-letter words (27 found)

BIRO,BORN,BOUN,BRIN,BRIO,BURN,CION,COIN,COIR,CONI,CORN,COUR,CRIB,CRON,CURB,CURN,ICON,INRO,IRON,NOIR,NORI,OURN,ROIN,RUIN,UNCI,UNCO,URIC,

3-letter words (35 found)

BIN,BIO,BOI,BON,BOR,BRO,BRU,BUN,BUR,COB,CON,COR,CRU,CUB,CUR,ION,NIB,NOB,NOR,NUB,NUR,OBI,ORB,ORC,OUR,RIB,RIN,ROB,ROC,RUB,RUC,RUN,UNI,URB,URN,

2-letter words (13 found)

BI,BO,IN,IO,NO,NU,OB,OI,ON,OR,OU,UN,UR,

You can make 95 words from rubicon according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of rubicon

rubicon

Etymology

The noun is derived from the phrase cross the Rubicon (“to make an irreversible decision or to take an action with consequences”). Julius Caesar’s crossing of the Rubicon, a small river in northeastern Italy, on 10 January 49 B.C.E., indicated his intention to start a civil war with Pompey. Rubicon is derived from Latin Rubicō, Rubicōn (“the Rubicon”), possibly from rubeus (“red, reddish”), from rubeō (“to be red”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rewdʰ- (“red”), an allusion to the colour of the river caused by mud deposits.

The verb is derived from the noun.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɹuːbɪkɒn/, /-k(ə)n/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɹubəˌkɑn/
  • Hyphenation: ru‧bi‧con

Noun

rubicon (plural rubicons)

  1. A limit that when surpassed cannot be returned from, or an action that when taken cannot be reversed.
    Synonym: point of no return
  2. (card games) Especially in bezique and piquet: a score which, if not achieved by a losing player, increases the player's penalty.

Alternative forms

  • Rubicon

Related terms

  • cross the Rubicon

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Verb

rubicon (third-person singular simple present rubicons, present participle rubiconing, simple past and past participle rubiconed)

  1. (transitive, card games) Especially in bezique and piquet: to defeat a player who has not achieved the rubicon.

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Further reading

  • Rubicon on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Source: wiktionary.org