Is PURGE a word?
PURGE is a valid word in Scrabble and Words With Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words With Friends, has 5 letters, and can be rearranged into 0 other words, plus 20 shorter words built from the same letters.
Yes, PURGE is a valid word.
What does purge mean?
noun: the act of clearing yourself (or another) from some stigma or charge.
Definition from WordNet, Princeton University.
PURGE: word details
- Pronunciation: PURJ (approx., 1 syllable)
- Length: 5 letters, a medium-length word. It is one of 12,578 5-letter words in our dictionary.
- Scrabble: worth 8 points on the tiles.
- Words With Friends: worth 11 points on the tiles.
- Wordle: five letters, so PURGE works as a Wordle guess or answer.
- Games: recognised in the combined word list Unscrambly uses for Scrabble and Words With Friends. Acceptance in official tournament lists (TWL, SOWPODS) can vary.
Shorter words inside purge
Words you can make from the letters of purge.
Solve a whole rack, not just PURGE
PURGE is one word. If you are holding tiles rather than looking up a single entry, the Scrabble word finder ranks every play from your rack by points, and the Words With Friends solver scores the same letters with WWF values instead, which changes the order of the list.
Frequently asked questions
What does PURGE mean?
PURGE is a noun. It means: the act of clearing yourself (or another) from some stigma or charge.
Is PURGE a valid word?
Yes, PURGE is a valid word. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words With Friends.
Unscrambly validity is based on a large open English word list used across word games. Word acceptance varies by the exact tournament dictionary in use.