rube

Meanings

Plural: rubes

Noun

a person who is not very intelligent or interested in culture
A person of rural heritage; a yokel.
An uninformed, unsophisticated, or unintelligent person.

Origin / Etymology

Generic use of the name Rube.

Synonyms

bogger, bogtrotter, boor, bucolic, bumpkin, bydlo, carl, chawbacon, churl, clodhopper, corncob, cornhusker, country bumpkin, country cousin, culchie, dubbo, hayseed, hick, hillbilly, hob, hobnail, hog-rubber, honyock, hunk, joskin, lob, promdi, provincial, redneck, rube, rustic, woolly back, yahoo, yokel

Scrabble Score: 6

rube is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
rube is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
rube is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 8

rube is a valid Words With Friends word