rural
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 5
- Words With Friends
- 7
- Letters
- 5
/ˈɹʊə.ɹəl/
See all 8 pronunciations Show less
/ˈɹʊə.ɹəl/ · /ˈɹɔː.ɹəl/ · /ˈɹʊɹ.əl/ · /ˈɹɝ.əl/ · /ˈɹʉːɹəl/ · /ˈɹuːɹ.əl/ · /ˈɾuːɾ.al/ · /ˈɾuːa̯l/
Definition of rural
2 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
adj
-
Relating to the countryside or to agriculture.
“Nothing could be more business-like than the construction of the stout dams, and nothing more gently rural than the limpid lakes, with the grand old forest trees marshalled round their margins … .”
“The Australian teens, both from Melbourne, were enjoying a backpacking trip when they became ill after a night out in Vang Vieng. The picturesque rural town in northern Laos has long been a popular backpacking spot.”
See all 2 definitions Show less
adj
-
Relating to the countryside or to agriculture.
“Nothing could be more business-like than the construction of the stout dams, and nothing more gently rural than the limpid lakes, with the grand old forest trees marshalled round their margins … .”
“The Australian teens, both from Melbourne, were enjoying a backpacking trip when they became ill after a night out in Vang Vieng. The picturesque rural town in northern Laos has long been a popular backpacking spot.”
noun
- (obsolete)A person from the countryside; a rustic.
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From Old French rural, from Latin rūrālis (“rural”), from rūs (“countryside”) + -ālis.
Words you can make from rural
4 playable · top: LAR (3 pts)
Best play lar 3 points2-letter words
3 wordsHooks
1 extension · 1 front
A single letter you can add to rural to make another valid word.
Front
Find your best play with rural
See every word you can make from a set of letters that includes rural, or browse word lists you can mine for high-scoring plays.