PURPLY is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. PURPLY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PURPLY?
| 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 PURPLY is to know. It scores 13 from 6 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 3.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PURPLY
No single letter turns PURPLY into another word.
How PURPLY scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in PURPLY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 2 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 6,209 thousand.
What stands out about PURPLY
- PURPLY gets by on a single vowel across 6 letters.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does PURPLY mean in Scrabble?
adjective
informal
Of a colour that leans toward purple without being a clear, pure purple.
Writers reach for purply when they want a loose, impressionistic colour word, often for dusk skies, bruises, flowers or shadows on hills. It carries less precision than violet or mauve and is often used when the exact shade does not matter. The ending -y makes it softer and more casual than the near-synonym purplish, which sounds a little more formal.
How PURPLY is used
Informal and descriptive; common in fiction and in casual talk about colour.
- The hills took on a purply haze as the sun went down.
- A purply bruise spread slowly across his shin.
- She painted the door a purply blue to match the shutters.
- The grapes were dark and purply under the leaves.
- There was a purply light in the room just before the storm broke.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PURPLY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in PURPLY
Common questions about PURPLY
- Is PURPLY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PURPLY, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PURPLY worth?
- PURPLY is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PURPLY mean?
- Of a colour that leans toward purple without being a clear, pure purple.
- What letters can be added to PURPLY?
- No single letter can be added to PURPLY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of PURPLY:
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