What PURPORT Means
- noun: the intended meaning of a communication
- noun: the pervading meaning or tenor“caught the general drift of the conversation”
- verb: have the often specious appearance of being, intending, or claiming“The letter purports to express people's opinion”
- verb: propose or intend“I aim to arrive at noon”
Similar words
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
PURPORT is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 11 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as P3 U1 R1 P3 O1 R1 T1.
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 PURPORT
39 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.
5 letter words (1)
4 letter words (12)
3 letter words (18)
2 letter words (8)
Next: the Word Unscrambler for any letters at all. Full entry and definition at Merriam-Webster.