PURSELIKE is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. PURSELIKE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 18 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PURSELIKE?
| 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: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PURSELIKE is to know. It scores 15 from 9 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PURSELIKE
No single letter turns PURSELIKE into another word.
How PURSELIKE scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in PURSELIKE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so PURSELIKE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does PURSELIKE mean in Scrabble?
adjective
rare
Resembling a small bag or pouch for carrying money, or drawn together like a closed purse.
Writers use purselike for shapes that sag, pucker or close like a drawstring pouch. Naturalists apply it to lips, pods and animal pockets.
How PURSELIKE is used
Rare, mostly in descriptive writing about shapes.
- The plant produces a green, purselike pod.
- Her mouth tightened into a purselike line of disapproval.
- The fish has a purselike fold of skin under its jaw.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PURSELIKE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in PURSELIKE
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Common questions about PURSELIKE
- Is PURSELIKE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PURSELIKE, where it scores 18 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PURSELIKE worth?
- PURSELIKE is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PURSELIKE mean?
- Resembling a small bag or pouch for carrying money, or drawn together like a closed purse.
- What letters can be added to PURSELIKE?
- No single letter can be added to PURSELIKE to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of PURSELIKE:
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