PURGE is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. PURGE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PURGE?
| 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: 40 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PURGE is to know. It scores 8 from 5 tiles, takes 4 hooks, and its letters make up 5.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PURGE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How PURGE scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in PURGE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 43,569.
What does PURGE mean in Scrabble?
verb
To rid something of unwanted, disloyal or unpleasant elements, often forcibly or through a thorough process of removal; also used as a noun for such an act.
A government that decides to purge its ranks removes officials or members seen as disloyal or undesirable, sometimes through harsh or violent means, and history remembers several such political purges as periods of deep fear and instability. Doctors once used purge in a narrower, physical sense, meaning to empty the bowels through a strong medicine, a treatment far more common in earlier centuries than in modern medicine. Computer systems can also purge old files or outdated records, clearing storage space by permanently deleting data that is no longer needed. The word ultimately comes from a Latin root meaning to cleanse, a core idea of removal and renewal that still runs through all its modern uses.
How PURGE is used
Common across political, medical and computing contexts, always centred on the idea of forcibly removing or clearing away unwanted elements.
- The new leader moved quickly to purge the party of his rivals.
- Doctors once prescribed a purge to treat almost any stomach complaint.
- The system automatically purges files older than a year.
- Historians studied the purge that swept through the government that decade.
- She decided to purge her closet of clothes she no longer wore.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PURGE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with PURGE
5 longer words begin with PURGE.
Words ending in PURGE
2 words end in PURGE. Useful as a back hook: play PURGE onto a word already on the board.
Words with PURGE inside
4 words contain PURGE in the middle. Words that start with PURGE are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in PURGE
Common questions about PURGE
- Is PURGE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PURGE, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PURGE worth?
- PURGE is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PURGE mean?
- To rid something of unwanted, disloyal or unpleasant elements, often forcibly or through a thorough process of removal; also used as a noun for such an act.
- What letters can be added to PURGE?
- PURGE takes 4 hooks: 1 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of PURGE:
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