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Is rubric a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word rubric is a Scrabble US word. The word rubric is worth 10 points in Scrabble:

R1U1B3R1I1C3

Is rubric a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word rubric is a Scrabble UK word and has 10 points:

R1U1B3R1I1C3

Is rubric a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word rubric is a Words With Friends word. The word rubric is worth 13 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

R1U2B4R1I1C4

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6-letter words (1 found)

RUBRIC,

4-letter words (6 found)

BIRR,BURR,CRIB,CURB,CURR,URIC,

3-letter words (10 found)

BRR,BRU,BUR,CRU,CUB,CUR,RIB,RUB,RUC,URB,

2-letter words (2 found)

BI,UR,

You can make 19 words from rubric according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of rubric

rubric

Alternative forms

  • rubrick (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English rubriche, rubrike, from Old French rubrique, from Latin rūbrīca (“red ochre”), the substance used to make red letters, from ruber (“red”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rewdʰ-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɹuːbɹɪk/

Noun

rubric (plural rubrics)

  1. A heading in a book highlighted in red.
  2. A title of a category or a class.
  3. (Christianity) The directions for a religious service, formerly printed in red letters.
  4. An established rule or custom; a guideline.
    • 1847-1848, Thomas De Quincey, "Protestantism", in Tait's Edinburgh Magazine
      Nay, as a duty, it had no place or rubric in human conceptions before Christianity.
  5. (education) A set of scoring criteria for evaluating student work and for giving feedback.
  6. A flourish after a signature.
  7. Red ochre.

Synonyms

  • (flourish after signature): paraph
  • See also Thesaurus:class

Derived terms

  • rubricism

Related terms

  • rubricate
  • rubicund

Translations

Adjective

rubric (comparative more rubric, superlative most rubric)

  1. Coloured or marked with red; placed in rubrics.
  2. Of or relating to the rubric or rubrics; rubrical.

Verb

rubric (third-person singular simple present rubrics, present participle rubricking, simple past and past participle rubricked)

  1. (transitive) To adorn with red; to redden.
  2. To organise or classify into rubrics

Further reading

  • “rubric”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
  • “rubric”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

Source: wiktionary.org