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Is rudder a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word rudder is a Scrabble US word. The word rudder is worth 8 points in Scrabble:

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Is rudder a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word rudder is a Scrabble UK word and has 8 points:

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Is rudder a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word rudder is a Words With Friends word. The word rudder is worth 9 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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6-letter words (1 found)

RUDDER,

5-letter words (3 found)

DURED,RUDER,UDDER,

4-letter words (10 found)

DUDE,DUED,DURE,DURR,REDD,RUDD,RUDE,RUED,RUER,URDE,

3-letter words (8 found)

DUD,DUE,ERR,RED,RUD,RUE,URD,URE,

2-letter words (5 found)

DE,ED,ER,RE,UR,

1-letter words (1 found)

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You can make 28 words from rudder according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of rudder

rudder

Etymology

From Middle English rodder, rother, ruder, from Old English rōþor (“oar, rudder”), from Proto-West Germanic *rōþr, from Proto-Germanic *rōþrą (“oar, rudder”) (compare Dutch and West Frisian roer, German Ruder), from Proto-Germanic *rōaną, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁reh₁- (“to row”) + Proto-Germanic *-þrą, *-þraz, instrumental suffix. Akin to Old English rōwan (“to row”). More at rōwan, -þor.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɹʌdə(ɹ)/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɹʌdɚ/
  • Rhymes: -ʌdə(ɹ)

Noun

rudder (plural rudders)

  1. (nautical) An underwater vane used to steer a vessel. The rudder is controlled by means of a wheel, tiller or other apparatus (modern vessels can be controlled even with a joystick or an autopilot).
  2. (aeronautics) A control surface on the vertical stabilizer of a fixed-wing aircraft or an autogyro. On some craft, the entire vertical stabilizer comprises the rudder. The rudder is controlled by foot-operated control pedals.
  3. A riddle or sieve.
  4. (figurative) That which resembles a rudder as a guide or governor; that which guides or governs the course.
    • Hudibras
      For rhyme the rudder is of verses.

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  • tiller

Middle English

Noun

rudder

  1. Alternative form of rother (“bovine”)

Source: wiktionary.org