Unscramble PURGATIVE to get 232 words. PURGATIVE itself is a real word: 15 points on a Scrabble board, 19 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter word is PRIVATE, 12 points. It has 9 letters, 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Words from PURGATIVE by length: 1 with 9 letters, 3 with 7, 26 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 22 with 2. None has 8 letters.
PRIVET tops the 6-letter words in PURGATIVE at 11 points; next come GARVIE and GRIVET on 10. GUITAR, VIRTUE and PIRATE will look familiar.
Of the 60 5-letter words from PURGATIVE, 5 score 10 points, the group's best. GREAT, ARGUE and GRAVE are the ones most people know.
Among the 4-letter words you get when you unscramble PURGATIVE, PAVE, PERV and VAPE tie for first at 9 points. PAGE, PART and GIVE are everyday picks.
PAV tops the 3-letter words made with PURGATIVE letters at 8 points; next come GUV and VAG on 7. GET, AGE and PUT will look familiar.
These 3 words have the length of PURGATIVE, with one letter different:
More 9-letter words: starting with PU · ending in VE · all 9-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by PRIVATE (12 points).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
PURGATIVE works in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it appears in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| PURGATIVE itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 232) | 173 | 232 | 161 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: VITRAGE, GARVIE, PAREV, GAPIER, GAUPER, TAIVER, VIRGE, GRAIP, GRAV, PAGRI, PAV, PTERIA and 47 more, 59 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: VAPER, VIRGAE, PERV, VAPE, PRATIE, VEGA, ERUV, GATER, PTUI, URP, GI and TE, 12 in all.
Each word below uses all the letters of PURGATIVE and one more.