PERUKE is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. PERUKE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PERUKE?
| 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: 39 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PERUKE is to know. It scores 12 from 6 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PERUKE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How PERUKE scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in PERUKE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 376,279.
What does PERUKE mean in Scrabble?
noun
historical
A wig, especially the long, curled kind worn by men in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.
The peruke was a mark of rank and fashion in the age of powdered hair, worn by courtiers, judges and gentlemen alike, and sometimes costing more than a good horse. It reached English from French, from an Italian word for a head of hair, and its short form periwig also comes from the same source. Today the word appears mostly in historical writing and in descriptions of stage costume.
How PERUKE is used
Historical; now used in writing about the past and in costume descriptions.
- The judge adjusted his heavy peruke before he spoke.
- A powdered peruke was part of the court dress.
- He lost his peruke in the wind and had to chase it down the street.
- The portrait shows the king in a flowing peruke.
- Few tradesmen could afford a peruke of real hair.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PERUKE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with PERUKE
2 longer words begin with PERUKE.
Shorter words from the letters in PERUKE
Common questions about PERUKE
- Is PERUKE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PERUKE, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PERUKE worth?
- PERUKE is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PERUKE mean?
- A wig, especially the long, curled kind worn by men in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.
- What letters can be added to PERUKE?
- PERUKE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of PERUKE:
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