EXPURGATE is a valid Scrabble word — 19 points
Yes. EXPURGATE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 19 points in Scrabble and 22 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept EXPURGATE?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 40 / 100
Our own measure of how useful EXPURGATE is to know. It scores 19 from 9 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for EXPURGATE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How EXPURGATE scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in EXPURGATE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| e | 2 | 12 |
| x | 1 | 1 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so EXPURGATE has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about EXPURGATE
- EXPURGATE begins and ends with the same letter.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does EXPURGATE mean in Scrabble?
verb
formal
To remove material thought to be offensive or unsuitable from a book, film or other text before it is published.
To expurgate is to censor by cutting, often to make a work fit for a younger or more cautious audience. Many classic books once appeared in expurgated editions with the coarser passages gone.
How EXPURGATE is used
Used in writing about publishing, censorship and editing.
- The publisher chose to expurgate the novel for school use.
- Victorian editors would expurgate any scene they thought improper.
- They had to expurgate the transcript before it could be released.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of EXPURGATE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with EXPURGATE
2 longer words begin with EXPURGATE.
Shorter words from the letters in EXPURGATE
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Common questions about EXPURGATE
- Is EXPURGATE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts EXPURGATE, where it scores 22 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is EXPURGATE worth?
- EXPURGATE is worth 19 points in Scrabble and 22 points in Words with Friends.
- What does EXPURGATE mean?
- To remove material thought to be offensive or unsuitable from a book, film or other text before it is published.
- What letters can be added to EXPURGATE?
- EXPURGATE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of EXPURGATE:
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