Is PURVEY valid in Words with Friends?

Yes. Words with Friends accepts PURVEY, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.

How many points is PURVEY worth?

PURVEY is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.

What letters can be added to PURVEY?

PURVEY takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.

PURVEY is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points

Yes. PURVEY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.

p3u1r1v4e1y4

PlayablePURVEY · 6 letters · 14 pts Scrabble · 16 pts WWF

14points in Scrabble

16points in Words with Friends

6letters

1hook available

1 in 517,384odds of drawing this rack

Which word lists accept PURVEY?

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: 35 / 100

35WORD POWER

Points per tile 35%

2.33

Hooks 25%

Bingo potential 20%

Tile availability 20%

4.67%

Our own measure of how useful PURVEY is to know. It scores 14 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated

Hooks for PURVEY

Front hooks — 0

None.

Back hooks — 1

purveys15

Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.

How PURVEY scores

Scrabble p3u1r1v4e1y4 14

Words with Friends p4u2r1v5e1y3 16

Face value of the 6 tiles in PURVEY, before any board multiplier.

Tiles you need

Letter	Needed	In the bag
p	1	2
u	1	4
r	1	6
v	1	2
e	1	12
y	1	2

Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 517,384.

Words starting with PURVEY

purveys15 purveyed17 purveyor16 purveying18 purveyors17 purveyance20 purveyances21

7 longer words begin with PURVEY.

Shorter words from the letters in PURVEY

pervy13 very10 perv9 prey9 pyre9 rype9 eruv7 puer6 pure6 pry8 puy8 pye8 yep8 yup8 rev6 rye6 ryu6 uey6 yer6 per5 pre5 pur5 rep5 urp5 rue3 ure3 vu5 ye5 yu5 pe4 up4 er2 re2 ur2

Common questions about PURVEY

Is PURVEY valid in Words with Friends?: Yes. Words with Friends accepts PURVEY, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
How many points is PURVEY worth?: PURVEY is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
What letters can be added to PURVEY?: PURVEY takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.

Every word you can build from the 6 letters of PURVEY:

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