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Is ruin a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word ruin is a Scrabble US word. The word ruin is worth 4 points in Scrabble:

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Is ruin a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word ruin is a Scrabble UK word and has 4 points:

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Yes. The word ruin is a Words With Friends word. The word ruin is worth 6 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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4-letter words (1 found)

RUIN,

3-letter words (5 found)

NUR,RIN,RUN,UNI,URN,

2-letter words (4 found)

IN,NU,UN,UR,

You can make 10 words from ruin according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 4 letters words made out of ruin

ruin urin riun irun uirn iurn runi urni rnui nrui unri nuri rinu irnu rniu nriu inru niru uinr iunr unir nuir inur niur

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

Definitions and meaning of ruin

ruin

Etymology

From Middle English ruyne, ruine, from Old French ruine, from Latin ruīna (“overthrow, ruin”), from ruō (“I fall down, tumble, sink in ruin, rush”).

Pronunciation

  • (UK, US) IPA(key): /ˈɹuː.ɪn/, [ˈɹuwɪn]
  • Rhymes: -uːɪn

Noun

ruin (countable and uncountable, plural ruins)

  1. (countable, sometimes in the plural) The remains of a destroyed or dilapidated construction, such as a house or castle.
  2. (uncountable) The state of being a ruin, destroyed or decayed.
  3. (uncountable) Something that leads to serious trouble or destruction.
  4. The act of ruining something.
  5. (obsolete) A fall or tumble.
  6. A change that destroys or defeats something; destruction; overthrow.
  7. (uncountable) Complete financial loss; bankruptcy.

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

ruin (third-person singular simple present ruins, present participle ruining, simple past and past participle ruined or (dialectal, nonstandard) ruint)

  1. (transitive) To cause the fiscal ruin of; to bankrupt or drive out of business.
  2. To destroy or make something no longer usable.
  3. To upset or overturn the plans or progress of, or to have a disastrous effect on something.
    My car breaking down just as I was on the road ruined my vacation.
  4. To make something less enjoyable or likeable.
    I used to love that song, but being assaulted when that song was playing ruined the song for me.
  5. To reveal the ending of (a story); to spoil.
  6. (obsolete) To fall into a state of decay.
  7. (transitive, historical) To seduce or debauch, and thus harm the social standing of.
    The young libertine was notorious for ruining local girls.

Synonyms

  • destroy
  • fordo
  • ruinate
  • wreck
  • See also Thesaurus:spoil

Antonyms

  • build
  • construct
  • found
  • produce
  • unruin

Related terms

  • ruination
  • ruinable
  • ruiner
  • ruinous
  • ruint

Translations

Further reading

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

Anagrams

  • Irun

Asturian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈrwin/, [ˈrwĩŋ]

Adjective

ruin m sg (feminine singular ruina, neuter singular ruino, masculine plural ruinos, feminine plural ruines)

  1. weedy

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch rûun. Cognate with Middle Low German rûne, Middle High German rūn. Further origin unknown; possibly from Proto-Indo-European *(H)rewH- (“to dig out, rip off”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /rœy̯n/
  • Hyphenation: ruin
  • Rhymes: -œy̯n

Noun

ruin m (plural ruinen, diminutive ruintje n)

  1. gelding (castrated male horse)

Derived terms

  • vosruin

See also

  • hengst

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Latin ruina.

Noun

ruin m (definite singular ruinen, indefinite plural ruiner, definite plural ruinene)

  1. ruin (often in plural form when referring to buildings)

References

  • “ruin” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin ruina.

Noun

ruin m (definite singular ruinen, indefinite plural ruinar, definite plural ruinane)

  1. ruin (often in plural form when referring to buildings)

References

  • “ruin” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Spanish

Etymology

From an earlier *ruino, from ruina, or from a Vulgar Latin root *ruīnus, ultimately from Latin ruīna. Compare Portuguese ruim, Catalan roí. The lack of a final /-o/ may suggest a borrowing.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈrwin/ [ˈrwĩn]
  • Rhymes: -in
  • Syllabification: ruin

Adjective

ruin m or f (masculine and feminine plural ruines)

  1. contemptible, mean, heartless
    Synonyms: vil, despreciable
  2. mean, stingy
    Synonyms: avaro, mezquino, tacaño, usurero, agarrado, cicatero
  3. wild; unruly
    Synonyms: salvaje, agresto
  4. rachitic
    Synonym: raquítico

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “ruin”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Swedish

Noun

ruin c

  1. a ruin (remains of a building)
  2. ruin (financial bankruptcy)

Declension

Derived terms

  • stå på ruinens brant (“stand on the brink of ruin”)

Related terms

  • ruinera

References

  • ruin in Svensk ordbok (SO)
  • ruin in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
  • ruin in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Anagrams

  • urin

Tetum

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *duRi (“thorn, splinter, fish bone”), akin to Agutaynen doli and Malay duri (“thorn”).

Noun

ruin

  1. bone

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