What PURGING Means
- noun: an act of removing by cleansing; ridding of sediment or other undesired elements
- noun: the act of clearing yourself (or another) from some stigma or charge
- adjective: serving to purge or rid of sin“purgatorial rites”
Similar words
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
PURGING is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 11 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as P3 U1 R1 G2 I1 N1 G2.
At seven letters this plays a whole rack, which is a bingo and worth 61 in Scrabble once the 50 point bonus lands.
Words Made From The Letters In PURGING
60 shorter words come out of these tiles. On a board that matters more than the long play, because a short word on a premium square often beats a long one on plain squares.
6 letter words (4)
5 letter words (4)
4 letter words (17)
3 letter words (26)
2 letter words (9)
Next: the Word Unscrambler for any letters at all. Full entry and definition at Merriam-Webster.