PURPLE is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. PURPLE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PURPLE?
| 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: 36 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PURPLE is to know. It scores 10 from 6 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 5.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PURPLE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How PURPLE scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in PURPLE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 2 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,035 thousand.
What stands out about PURPLE
- The same 6 tiles also spell 2 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does PURPLE mean in Scrabble?
noun
A color between red and blue, as seen in ripe plums and violets.
In the ancient world purple dye was made from sea snails and cost so much that only emperors and senators wore it, which is why the word also stands for rank and royalty. Becoming purple with rage is a common way to describe anger, and purple prose means writing that is overly ornate. As a verb, to purple something means to dye it that color.
How PURPLE is used
Everyday color word; figurative uses include born to the purple and purple prose.
- The sky turned deep purple after the sun went down.
- She wore a gown of royal purple to the ceremony.
- Roman senators had a stripe of purple on their togas.
- His face went purple as he shouted at the referee.
- The review mocked the book for its purple passages.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PURPLE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of PURPLE
The 6 tiles of PURPLE in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with PURPLE
8 longer words begin with PURPLE.
Shorter words from the letters in PURPLE
Common questions about PURPLE
- Is PURPLE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PURPLE, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PURPLE worth?
- PURPLE is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PURPLE mean?
- A color between red and blue, as seen in ripe plums and violets.
- What letters can be added to PURPLE?
- PURPLE takes 3 hooks: 0 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of PURPLE:
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