8 Letter Words Containing RU
There are 541 8-letter English words that contain RU. The highest scorer in Scrabble® is CRUCIFIX at 22 points.
Word list
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B
- babirusa12
- backrush19
- bankrupt16
- bebeerus12
- becrusts12
- begrudge13
- brucella12
- brucines12
- bruisers10
- bruising11
- bruiters10
- bruiting11
- brulyies13
- brulzies19
- brumbies14
- brunched16
- brunches15
- brunette10
- brunizem21
- brushers13
- brushier13
- brushing14
- brushoff19
- brushups15
- bruskest14
- brusquer19
- brutally13
- brutisms12
- bruxisms19
- bullrush13
C
- caruncle12
- centrums12
- cerebrum14
- cerulean10
- cerumens12
- cerusite10
- cherubic17
- cherubim17
- chetrums15
- chirrups15
- chirrupy18
- chorused14
- choruses13
- citruses10
- coenurus10
- construe10
- corrupts12
- corulers10
- corundum13
- coverups15
- crucians12
- cruciate12
- crucible14
- crucifer15
- crucifix22
- cruddier12
- crudding13
- crudites11
- cruelest10
- crueller10
- cruisers10
- cruising11
- crullers10
- crumbers14
- crumbier14
- crumbing15
- crumbled15
- crumbles14
- crumbums16
- crumhorn15
- crummier14
- crummies14
- crumpets14
- crumping15
- crumpled15
- crumples14
- crunched16
- cruncher15
- crunches15
- crunodal11
- crunodes11
- cruppers14
- crusaded12
- crusader11
- crusades11
- crusados11
- crushers13
- crushing14
- crustier10
- crustily13
- crusting11
- crustose10
- crutched16
- crutches15
- cruzados20
- cruzeiro19
- cypruses15
D
- dandruff16
- debruise11
- decorums13
- destruct11
- detruded11
- detrudes10
- diestrum11
- diestrus9
- disrupts11
- distrust9
- doldrums12
- drubbers13
- drubbing14
- drudgers11
- drudgery14
- drudging12
- druggets11
- druggier11
- druggies11
- drugging12
- druggist11
- druidess10
- druidism12
- drumbeat13
- drumbled14
- drumbles13
- drumfire14
- drumfish17
- drumhead15
- drumlier11
- drumlike15
- drumlins11
- drummers13
- drumming14
- drumroll11
- drunkard14
- drunkest13
- drupelet11
- druthers12
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F
G
- gastrula9
- grubbers13
- grubbier13
- grubbily16
- grubbing14
- grubworm16
- grudgers11
- grudging12
- gruelers9
- grueling10
- gruelled10
- grueller9
- gruesome11
- gruffest15
- gruffier15
- gruffily18
- gruffing16
- gruffish18
- gruiform14
- grumbled14
- grumbler13
- grumbles13
- grummest13
- grummets13
- grumphie16
- grumpier13
- grumpily16
- grumping14
- grumpish16
- grungier10
- grunions9
- grunters9
- grunting10
- gruntled10
- gruntles9
- grutched15
- grutches14
- gruyeres12
- guruship14
H
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K
L
M
N
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Q
R
- recruits10
- reovirus11
- resprung11
- restruck14
- restrung9
- rostrums10
- rubaboos12
- rubaiyat13
- rubasses10
- rubbaboo14
- rubbered13
- rubbings13
- rubbishy18
- rubblier12
- rubbling13
- rubdowns14
- rubellas10
- rubeolar10
- rubeolas10
- rubicund13
- rubidium13
- rubrical12
- rubylike17
- ruchings14
- ruckling15
- rucksack20
- ruckuses14
- ructions10
- ructious10
- ruddiest10
- ruddling11
- ruddocks16
- rudeness9
- ruderals9
- rudiment11
- ruefully14
- ruffians14
- rufflers14
- rufflier14
- rufflike18
- ruffling15
- ruggeder11
- ruggedly14
- rugosely12
- rugosity12
- rugulose9
- ruinable10
- ruinated9
- ruinates8
- ruleless8
- rumbaing13
- rumblers12
- rumbling13
- ruminant10
- ruminate10
- rummaged14
- rummager13
- rummages13
- rummiest12
- rumoring11
- rumoured11
- rumpless12
- rumplier12
- rumpling13
- rumpuses12
- runabout10
- runagate9
- runaways14
- runbacks16
- rundlets9
- rundowns12
- runelike12
- rungless9
- runkling13
- runniest8
- runnings9
- runovers11
- runround9
- runtiest8
- ruptured11
- ruptures10
- ruralise8
- ruralism10
- ruralist8
- ruralite8
- rurality11
- ruralize17
- rushiest11
- rushings12
- rushlike15
- rustable10
- rustical10
- rusticly13
- rustiest8
- rustlers8
- rustless8
- rustling9
- rutabaga11
- ruthenic13
- ruthless11
- rutilant8
- ruttiest8
S
- sastruga9
- sastrugi9
- scrubbed15
- scrubber14
- scrummed15
- scrupled13
- scruples12
- scrutiny13
- sederunt9
- sevrugas12
- shrugged14
- shrunken15
- simaruba12
- sistrums10
- spectrum14
- spherule13
- spirulae10
- spirulas10
- sporular10
- sporules10
- sprucely15
- sprucest12
- sprucier12
- sprucing13
- stirrups10
- strucken14
- strudels9
- struggle10
- strummed13
- strummer12
- strumose10
- strumous10
- strumpet12
- strunted9
- strutted9
- strutter8
- subrules10
- subshrub15
- susurrus8
T
- tantrums10
- thrummed16
- thrummer15
- thruputs13
- thrushes14
- thrusted12
- thruster11
- thrustor11
- thruways17
- truanted9
- truantry11
- truckage15
- truckers14
- truckful17
- trucking15
- truckled15
- truckler14
- truckles14
- truckman16
- truckmen16
- trudgens10
- trudgeon10
- trudgers10
- trudging11
- trueblue10
- trueborn10
- truebred11
- truelove11
- trueness8
- truffled15
- truffles14
- truistic10
- trumeaux17
- trumpery15
- trumpets12
- trumping13
- truncate10
- trundled10
- trundler9
- trundles9
- trunkful15
- trunnels8
- trunnion8
- trussers8
- trussing9
- trusteed9
- trustees8
- trusters8
- trustful11
- trustier8
- trusties8
- trustily11
- trusting9
- trustors8
- truthful14
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Point values shown are Scrabble® (letters only, before board bonuses). Browse deeper via the word-lists hub.
Highest-scoring word in this list
The single highest-scoring word here in Scrabble® is crucifix at 22 points (letters only, before board bonuses).
FAQs
How many 8-letter words contain RU?
541 valid 8-letter English words contain the letters RU.
Are these valid in Wordle and Scrabble?
Every word here comes from a standard English dictionary. UK Scrabble (Collins/SOWPODS) accepts all of them; a handful may not be legal in the North American TWL word list.