How many words with PUR are there?

This page lists 310 words with PUR from our dictionary, each shown with its Scrabble score.

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Words With PUR

All 310 words in our dictionary that contain PUR — sorted by Scrabble score.

310 words · number = Scrabble score · sorted highest score first

expurgatory24 expurgatorial23 mercaptopurines23 prepurchasing23 unexpurgated23 copurifying22 expurgating22 expurgations22 mercaptopurine22 prepurchased22 purificatory22 purposefully22 purposivenesses22 expurgated21 expurgation21 expurgators21 jodhpurs21 prepurchases21 purposefulness21 purposively21 purveyances21 compurgations20 expurgates20 expurgator20 jodhpur20 prepurchase20 purchasable20 purifications20 puritanically20 purposelessly20 purposiveness20 purveyance20 repurchasing20 repurifying20 appurtenances19 cockspurs19 compurgation19 compurgators19 expurgate19 hyperpure19 nonpurposive19 purblindnesses19 purification19 purificators19 puristically19 puromycins19 purplehearts19 purportedly19 purposelessness19 repurchased19 appurtenance18 cockspur18 compurgator18 copurified18 copurify18 multipurpose18 purblindly18 purchasing18 purificator18 purifying18 puromycin18 purpleheart18 purveying18 repurchases18 suppurative18 copurifies17 empurpling17 purblindness17 purchased17 purchasers17 purposeful17 purveyed17 purveyors17 repurchase17 appurtenants16 empurpled16 impurenesses16 purchaser16 purchases16 purgatives16 purposely16 purposive16 pursuivants16 purveyor16 purviews16 repurified16 repurify16 spuriousnesses16 suppurating16 suppurations16 appurtenant15 empurples15 impurely15 impurity15 larkspurs15 purchase15 purebloods15 purflings15 purgative15 purgatory15 puritanical15 puritanisms15 purplish15 purporting15 purposeless15 purringly15 purselike15 pursuivant15 purtenances15 purveys15 purview15 repurifies15 spurgalling15 spuriously15 suppurated15 suppuration15 allopurinols14 depurating14 empurple14 impureness14 impurities14 larkspur14 pureblood14 purebreds14 purfling14 purgatorial14 purgatories14 purified14 purifiers14 purify14 puritanism14 purported14 purposing14 purpuric14 pursuances14 purtenance14 purulences14 purvey14 seropurulent14 spurgalled14 spuriousness14 suppurates14 allopurinol13 cutpurses13 depurated13 hotspurs13 purblind13 purdahs13 purebred13 purfled13 purgations13 purifier13 purifies13 purloining13 purpling13 purply13 purposed13 purpurins13 pursinesses13 pursuance13 purulence13 repursuing13 spurreys13 suppurate13 cutpurse12 depurates12 hotspur12 longspurs12 purdah12 purenesses12 purfles12 purgation12 purgings12 puristic12 purloined12 purloiners12 purpled12 purplest12 purports12 purposes12 purpuras12 purpures12 purpurin12 pursily12 repursued12 sandspurs12 spurgalls12 spurrey12 tempuras12 unpurged12 depurate11 guipures11 longspur11 puranic11 pureeing11 purely11 purfle11 purging11 purisms11 purity11 purloiner11 purpler11 purples11 purport11 purpose11 purpura11 purpure11 pursiness11 purslanes11 pursuing11 repursues11 sandspur11 spurgall11 spurning11 spurriers11 spurring11 spurry11 spurting11 tempura11 ultrapure11 guipure10 impure10 pureness10 purged10 purgers10 purism10 puritans10 purities10 purlieus10 purlines10 purling10 purloins10 purple10 purring10 pursiest10 pursing10 purslane10 pursuant10 pursued10 pursuers10 pursuits10 pursy10 purulent10 repursue10 spurges10 spurious10 spurned10 spurners10 spurred10 spurrers10 spurrier10 spurries10 spurted10 spurtles10 puranas9 purdas9 pureed9 purger9 purges9 purines9 purists9 puritan9 purled9 purlieu9 purline9 purlins9 purloin9 purred9 pursed9 pursers9 pursier9 pursuer9 pursues9 pursuit9 spurge9 spurner9 spurrer9 spurtle9 purana8 purda8 purees8 purest8 purge8 purine8 purins8 purist8 purlin8 purser8 purses8 pursue8 spurns8 spurts8 unpure8 puree7 purer7 purin7 puris7 purls7 purrs7 purse7 spurn7 spurs7 spurt7 pure6 puri6 purl6 purr6 purs6 spur6 pur5

Why PUR words matter

Words containing PUR are handy for Scrabble, Words with Friends and word puzzles — filter the list above by length to find the play you need.

A quick statistical tour

The shape of this list: 310 entries between 3 and 15 letters long, peaking at 8 letters with 64 words. Five-letter picks number 13 and seven-letter picks 46. Nothing here outscores EXPURGATORY — 24 points from 11 tiles on plain squares.

The five biggest scorers on the page: EXPURGATORY (24), EXPURGATORIAL (23), MERCAPTOPURINES (23), PREPURCHASING (23), UNEXPURGATED (23). At 15 letters, MERCAPTOPURINES is the longest word on the list; a typical entry scores around 13. The most useful tiles to hold for this list are R, U and P, which appear in 310, 310 and 310 of the words respectively.

Three easy picks from this list

PURANA — 6 letters for 8 points; every tile in it is a common draw, so it shows up rack after rack.
PUREES is easy to keep in memory: 6 letters, 8 points, and no awkward tiles to hunt for.
When the rack looks hopeless, PUREST (6 letters, 8 points) is the kind of quiet play that keeps a game moving.

Round out your set with PURINE (8), PURINS (8), PURIST (8), PURLIN (8), PURSER (8) — all built from common tiles.

Learning words through PUR

If you are studying English, PUR is a high-leverage chunk: instead of memorising each word cold, anchor the PUR pattern and let the surrounding letters vary. Word-game players get a parallel benefit — when a crossword grid or a Wordle guess reveals the PUR sequence, this page is the complete candidate pool, already sorted by Scrabble value.

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