PURLIEU is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. PURLIEU is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PURLIEU?
| 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: 52 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PURLIEU is to know. It scores 9 from 7 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 5.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PURLIEU
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How PURLIEU scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in PURLIEU, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| u | 2 | 4 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 514,646.
What stands out about PURLIEU
- PURLIEU runs three vowels in a row, which almost no English word does.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does PURLIEU mean in Scrabble?
noun
literary
A place where someone often goes or lives, or the outskirts and surrounding area of a place.
Originally a purlieu was land on the edge of a royal forest that was once part of it. Today the word usually turns up in the plural, in writing about the neighbourhoods around a town or a person's favourite haunts.
How PURLIEU is used
Purlieu is a literary word, most often in the plural form purlieus.
- The cafe stood in the shabby purlieu of the old docks.
- He knew every purlieu of the village.
- The poet wandered the purlieus of the city at night.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PURLIEU and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with PURLIEU
2 longer words begin with PURLIEU.
Shorter words from the letters in PURLIEU
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Common questions about PURLIEU
- Is PURLIEU valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PURLIEU, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PURLIEU worth?
- PURLIEU is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PURLIEU mean?
- A place where someone often goes or lives, or the outskirts and surrounding area of a place.
- What letters can be added to PURLIEU?
- PURLIEU takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of PURLIEU:
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