PURVEYOR is a valid Scrabble word — 16 points
Yes. PURVEYOR is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 16 points in Scrabble and 18 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PURVEYOR?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 44 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PURVEYOR is to know. It scores 16 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PURVEYOR
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
purveyorsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How PURVEYOR scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in PURVEYOR, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| r | 2 | 6 |
| v | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so PURVEYOR has to be built on the board across turns.
What does PURVEYOR mean in Scrabble?
noun
formal
A person or business that supplies goods, especially food, or spreads an idea.
A purveyor often has a quiet, established air, like the shopkeeper who has supplied a royal household for decades. The word is also used less kindly for someone who circulates rumours or dubious ideas.
How PURVEYOR is used
Used for suppliers of food and goods, and figuratively for people who spread ideas or gossip.
- The shop is an official purveyor of cheese to the palace.
- She was a purveyor of gossip in the small village.
- The family business has been a purveyor of fine tea since 1890.
- Critics called him a purveyor of fear.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PURVEYOR and 4 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with PURVEYOR
1 longer words begin with PURVEYOR.
Shorter words from the letters in PURVEYOR
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Common questions about PURVEYOR
- Is PURVEYOR valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PURVEYOR, where it scores 18 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PURVEYOR worth?
- PURVEYOR is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PURVEYOR mean?
- A person or business that supplies goods, especially food, or spreads an idea.
- What letters can be added to PURVEYOR?
- PURVEYOR takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of PURVEYOR:
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