PRURIENCE is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. PRURIENCE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 17 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PRURIENCE?
| 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: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PRURIENCE is to know. It scores 13 from 9 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PRURIENCE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
pruriencesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How PRURIENCE scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in PRURIENCE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| r | 2 | 6 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so PRURIENCE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does PRURIENCE mean in Scrabble?
noun
formal
An unhealthy or excessive interest in sexual matters, often shown as a taste for the lewd.
Prurience is usually a criticism, aimed at a book, film or audience thought to dwell on sex for its own sake. It suggests the curiosity is morbid rather than natural.
How PRURIENCE is used
Mostly appears in critical or legal writing about media, rarely in casual talk.
- Critics accused the tabloid of feeding public prurience.
- There was a hint of prurience in the way he asked about the scandal.
- The judge ruled that the film appealed to prurience rather than art.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PRURIENCE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with PRURIENCE
1 longer words begin with PRURIENCE.
Shorter words from the letters in PRURIENCE
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Common questions about PRURIENCE
- Is PRURIENCE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PRURIENCE, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PRURIENCE worth?
- PRURIENCE is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PRURIENCE mean?
- An unhealthy or excessive interest in sexual matters, often shown as a taste for the lewd.
- What letters can be added to PRURIENCE?
- PRURIENCE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of PRURIENCE:
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