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rule set

rule set is the alternative spelling of ruleset.

Meaning of ruleset

Noun

ruleset (plural rulesets)

  1. A set of rules.
    • Every microgame lasts five seconds until it shifts to the next randomly selected ruleset.2020 June 6, Alan Bernal, “Overwatch gets crazy minigames with epic WarioWare-inspired mod”, in Dexerto, archived from the original on 16 May 2021

Forms of rule set

pluralrule sets

Origin of rule set

From rule + set.

Questions about rule set

What is rule set the alternative spelling of?
Rule set is the alternative spelling of ruleset.

Words near rule set in the dictionary

  1. rule of two
  2. rule off
  3. rule OK
  4. rule on
  5. rule out
  6. rule set
  7. rule sets
  8. rule the day
  9. rule the roast
  10. rule the roost
  11. rule the school

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Adapted from Wiktionary: rule set (page history and authors); ruleset (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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