ruddle

Plural: ruddles

Noun

a red iron ore used in dyeing and marking
A form of red ochre sometimes used to mark sheep.
Ruddiness; red coloration.
A riddle or sieve.

Verb

Verb Forms: ruddled, ruddling, ruddles

To color or mark with a red ocher pigment.
twist or braid together, interlace
redden as if with a red ocher color
To mark something with red ochre.
To raddle or twist.
To sift together; to mix, as through a sieve.

Examples

He planned to RUDDLE the score sheet with so many points, it’d turn red.

Origin / Etymology

From rud + -le. Compare German Rötel (“track”), Post-Classical Latin rudellum. Compare to reddle and raddle.

Synonyms

raddle, reddle

Scrabble Score: 8

ruddle: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
ruddle: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
ruddle: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 10

ruddle: valid Words With Friends Word