Rouge
/ɹuːʒ/
Scrabble:6 ptsWWF:8 pts5 letters
Definition of Rouge
noun
- Red or pink makeup to add colour to the cheeks; blusher.
- Any reddish pink colour.
- A single point awarded when a team kicks the ball out of its opponent's end zone, or when a kicked ball becomes dead within the non-kicking team's end zone. Etymology uncertain; it is thought that in the early years of the sport, a red flag indicated that a single had been scored. (This scoring term is not often used in Canada, with the term single being more commonly used.)
- In the Eton wall game, a scrummage, melée.
- In the Eton College field game, a scoring move accomplished by touching the ball down behind the opponents' goal-line (somewhat similar to the try in rugby). Originally, the player who scored the rouge had a chance to kick a goal, and the rouge was used as a tie-breaker if an equal number of goals was scored by each side. In the contemporary Eton College field game, a five-point score is awarded for kicking the ball so that it deflects off one of the opposing players and goes beyond the opposition's end of the pitch, and then touching the ball.
Anagrams of Rouge
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Synonyms & Antonyms
SYNONYMS
Letter Values
r1
o1
u1
g2
e1
Total: 6 Scrabble points
Rhymes With Rouge
Word Validity & Sources
SOWPODS (International Scrabble): Valid
TWL (US/Canada Scrabble): Valid
Words With Friends: Valid
Last verified: December 2024
Dictionary data sourced from SOWPODS (178,691 words), combining TWL (Tournament Word List) and the Collins Scrabble Words dictionary. Definitions from Free Dictionary API and Wordnik.
About the Word "Rouge"
Rouge is a 5-letter word that scores 6 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words With Friends. The letters in "rouge" can be rearranged to form 2 other valid words.
Using "Rouge" in Word Games
When playing Scrabble or Words With Friends, "rouge" is a low-scoring word.