rugged
Rugged is also used as adjective, with meanings including sturdy and strong in constitution or construction; enduring.
Length
6
Scrabble
9
WWF
12
Starts
RU
Ends
GED
Difficulty
Medium
Dictionary
What Does “RUGGED” Mean?
rugged has 4 documented senses across adjective.
Adjective
4 sensessturdy and strong in constitution or construction; enduring
“with a house full of boys you have to have rugged furniture”
having long narrow shallow depressions (as grooves or wrinkles) in the surface
“furrowed fields”
“his furrowed face lit by a warming smile”
Synonyms
very difficult; severely testing stamina or resolution
“a rugged competitive examination”
“the rugged conditions of frontier life”
“the competition was tough”
“it's a tough life”
Synonyms
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
6
Vowels
2
Consonants
4
Word Intelligence
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Definition
sturdy and strong in constitution or construction; enduring
Length
6 letters
Starts With
R
Ends With
D
Vowels
2
Consonants
4
Letters
R, U, G, G, E, D
Use Case
Useful for Scrabble, Wordle, crosswords, anagrams, and other word games.
Letter Breakdown
Word Facts
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Word Strategy
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★☆☆RUGGED has a Scrabble score of 9. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆RUGGED is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★★☆RUGGED can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 6-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★☆☆RUGGED contains repeated letters, which can make anagram solving more constrained but also easier to pattern-match.
Letter Intelligence
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Unique Letters
5
Repeated Letters
1
Highest Value Letter
G
Letter Pattern
ABCCDE
CV Pattern
CVCCVC
Vowel Share
33%
Consonant Share
67%
Bigrams
RU, UG, GG, GE, ED
Trigrams
RUG, UGG, GGE, GED
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