PURGATORY is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. PURGATORY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 17 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PURGATORY?
| 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: 27 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PURGATORY is to know. It scores 15 from 9 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PURGATORY
No single letter turns PURGATORY into another word.
How PURGATORY scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in PURGATORY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| r | 2 | 6 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so PURGATORY has to be built on the board across turns.
What does PURGATORY mean in Scrabble?
noun
In Catholic belief, a state or place where souls are cleansed of sin before entering heaven; more loosely, any miserable period of waiting or suffering.
In everyday speech purgatory has drifted far from theology. People joke that a long queue or an endless meeting is purgatory, meaning an unpleasant stretch that must be endured.
How PURGATORY is used
Religious in origin, but commonly used humorously for any unpleasant wait.
- Dante's purgatory is a mountain with terraces for each sin.
- The airport delay felt like purgatory.
- Waiting for the test results was pure purgatory.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PURGATORY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in PURGATORY
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Common questions about PURGATORY
- Is PURGATORY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PURGATORY, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PURGATORY worth?
- PURGATORY is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PURGATORY mean?
- In Catholic belief, a state or place where souls are cleansed of sin before entering heaven; more loosely, any miserable period of waiting or suffering.
- What letters can be added to PURGATORY?
- No single letter can be added to PURGATORY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of PURGATORY:
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