rut

/rət/ verbnoun

3 letters1 syllable3 points in Scrabble®4 points in WWF®

DEFINITIONS5

VERB

Hollow out in the form of a furrow or groove.

Be in a state of sexual excitement; of male mammals.

NOUN

A settled and monotonous routine that is hard to escape.

“they fell into a conversational rut”

Applies to nonhuman mammals: a state or period of heightened sexual arousal and activity.

A groove or furrow (especially one in soft earth caused by wheels).

WORD FORMS

Related formrutty

GAME SCORES

Scrabble®3 points

Words With Friends®4 points

Double word6 points

Triple word9 points

GOOD TO KNOW

Pig Latinutray

Starts & ends withR … T

Syllablesrut

SYNONYMS & RELATED6

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