133 words come out when you unscramble PURULENCY, starting with PURULENCY itself: 16 in Scrabble, 21 in Words With Friends. It has 9 letters, 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
P34U12R1U12L12E1N12C34Y43
Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
By length, the words from PURULENCY split into 1 with 9 letters, 1 with 8, 14 with 6, 17 with 5, 37 with 4, 50 with 3 and 13 with 2. None has 7 letters.
There is a single one of the 8-letter words in PURULENCY: UNPURELY, 13 points.
37 4-letter words from PURULENCY; 7 of them share the top score of 9. RULE, PURE and CURE are everyday picks.
8 of 50 3-letter words you get when you unscramble PURULENCY tie at 8 points; none scores more. RUN, CUP and PEN will look familiar.
Keep every letter of PURULENCY but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with PU · ending in CY · all 9-letter words
What PURULENCY means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept PURULENCY, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| PURULENCY itself | Yes | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 133) | 93 | 133 | 84 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 40 of them: CLYPE, CURNEY, CLUEY, CURNY, CURPEL, PUCER, PULY, PUNCE, PYNE, RYPE, CLY, NUCULE and 28 more. Words With Friends* skips 9 of them: PURULENCY, UNPURELY, PRUNEY, PERC, RYU, YER, CRU, URP and LUN.