Ruddy in Scrabble and Meaning

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Is ruddy a Scrabble word?

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

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Is ruddy a Scrabble UK word?

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

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5-letter words (1 found)

RUDDY,

4-letter words (3 found)

RUDD,RUDY,URDY,

3-letter words (5 found)

DRY,DUD,RUD,RYU,URD,

2-letter words (2 found)

UR,YU,

You can make 11 words from ruddy according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of ruddy

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Note: these 'words' (valid or invalid) are all the permutations of the word ruddy. These words are obtained by scrambling the letters in ruddy.

Definitions and meaning of ruddy

ruddy

Etymology

From Middle English ruddy, rody, rudi, from Old English rudiġ (reddish; ruddy), from rudu (redness), equivalent to rud (redness) +‎ -y. Compare Icelandic roði (redness).

The British slang sense expressing irritation is presumably a euphemism for bloody.

Pronunciation

  • (UK, US) IPA(key): /ˈɹʌdi/
  • Rhymes: -ʌdi

Adjective

ruddy (comparative ruddier, superlative ruddiest)

  1. Reddish in color, especially of the face, fire, or sky.
  2. (British, Australia, slang, not comparable) A mild intensifier, expressing irritation.

Synonyms

  • (reddish in color): rosy
  • (intensifier): bally, bleeding, blimming, bloody, blooming
  • See also Thesaurus:damned

Derived terms

Translations

Adverb

ruddy (not comparable)

  1. (British, slang) A mild intensifier, expressing irritation.

Noun

ruddy (plural ruddies)

  1. (informal) A ruddy duck.
  2. (informal) A ruddy ground dove.

Verb

ruddy (third-person singular simple present ruddies, present participle ruddying, simple past and past participle ruddied)

  1. (transitive) To make reddish in colour.

See also

  • (reds) red; blood red, brick red, burgundy, cardinal, carmine, carnation, cerise, cherry, cherry red, Chinese red, cinnabar, claret, crimson, damask, fire brick, fire engine red, flame, flamingo, fuchsia, garnet, geranium, gules, hot pink, incarnadine, Indian red, magenta, maroon, misty rose, nacarat, oxblood, pillar-box red, pink, Pompeian red, poppy, raspberry, red violet, rose, rouge, ruby, ruddy, salmon, sanguine, scarlet, shocking pink, stammel, strawberry, Turkey red, Venetian red, vermilion, vinaceous, vinous, violet red, wine (Category: en:Reds)

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