Definitions for rutabagas

rutabagas ru·ta·ba·ga

Spelling: [roo-tuh-bey-guh, roo-t
IPA: /ˌru təˈbeɪ gə, ˈru təˌbeɪ-/

Rutabagas is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 276 anagrams from letters in rutabagas (aaabgrstu).

Definitions for rutabagas

noun

  1. a brassicaceous plant, Brassica napobrassica, having a yellow- or white-fleshed, edible tuber.
  2. the edible tuber, a variety of turnip.

Origin of rutabagas

1790-1800, Americanism; Swedish (dial.) rotabagge

Examples for rutabagas

Early purple-top strap-leaf turnip, early cabbage, lettuce, rutabaga turnips.

The Swedish, or rutabaga, variety is rather more nutritive than the white, but its stronger flavor renders it less palatable.

The rutabaga is a productive variety, and possesses a good deal of nutriment.

We may get bitten by a snapping bean or routed by a rutabaga or infected by a parsnip.

He still calls the beet a beet-root and the rutabaga a mangel-wurzel.

Goodbye greens, goodbye peaches, and hello white: potatoes, parsnips, rutabaga.

Word Value for rutabagas
Scrable

11

Words with friends

14

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