rug

Plural: rugs

Noun

floor covering consisting of a piece of thick heavy fabric (usually with nap or pile)
A partial covering for a floor.
A (usually thick) piece of fabric used for warmth (especially on a bed); a blanket.
A kind of coarse, heavy frieze, formerly used for clothing.
A cloak or mantle made of such a frieze.
A person wearing a rug.
A cloth covering for a horse.
A dense layer of natural vegetation that precludes the growth of crops.
The female pubic hair.
A rough, woolly, or shaggy dog.
A wig; a hairpiece.
A dense growth of chest hair.
Ellipsis of rughead.

Verb

To cover with a rug.
To pull roughly or hastily; to plunder; to spoil; to tear.
Clipping of rug pull

Origin / Etymology

Uncertain; probably of North Germanic origin; perhaps inherited via Middle English *rugge (suggested by Middle English ruggy (“hairy, shaggy, bristly”) and rugged (“hairy, shaggy, rugged”)), from Old Norse rǫgg (“shagginess, tuft”), from Proto-Germanic *rawwō (“long wool”), probably related to *rūhaz (“rough”), related to English rag and rough.
Cognate with dialectal Norwegian rugga (“coarse coverlet”), Swedish rugg (“rough entangled hair”), related to English rag and rough. Compare also Old English rȳhe (“rug, rough covering, blanket”).

Synonyms

carpet, carpeting, mat, toupee, wig

Scrabble Score: 4

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

Words With Friends Score: 6

rug is a valid Words With Friends word