PERJURE is a valid Scrabble word — 16 points
Yes. PERJURE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 16 points in Scrabble and 20 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PERJURE?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 65 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PERJURE is to know. It scores 16 from 7 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 6.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PERJURE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How PERJURE scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in PERJURE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| r | 2 | 6 |
| j | 1 | 1 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 2,021 thousand.
What does PERJURE mean in Scrabble?
verb
legal
To tell a deliberate lie while under oath, and so make oneself guilty of perjury.
You perjure yourself, usually reflexively, only when the lie is told in a sworn setting such as a courtroom. An ordinary lie in conversation would not qualify, whatever its size.
How PERJURE is used
Perjure appears most often in legal contexts and in the phrase perjure oneself.
- The witness was warned that he would perjure himself if he changed his story.
- No lawyer wants a client who might perjure himself on the stand.
- She refused to perjure herself to protect her brother.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PERJURE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with PERJURE
4 longer words begin with PERJURE.
Shorter words from the letters in PERJURE
Common questions about PERJURE
- Is PERJURE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PERJURE, where it scores 20 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PERJURE worth?
- PERJURE is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 20 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PERJURE mean?
- To tell a deliberate lie while under oath, and so make oneself guilty of perjury.
- What letters can be added to PERJURE?
- PERJURE takes 3 hooks: 0 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of PERJURE:
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