What PURPOSE Means
- noun: an anticipated outcome that is intended or that guides your planned actions“his intent was to provide a new translation”
- noun: what something is used for“the function of an auger is to bore holes”
- verb: propose or intend“I aim to arrive at noon”
- verb: reach a decision“he resolved never to drink again”
Similar words
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
PURPOSE 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 S1 E1.
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 PURPOSE
131 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 (7)
5 letter words (27)
EUROSPEPOSPERPSPOEPSPOPESPORESPOSERPOUPEPOURSPREOPPREPSPROPSPROSEPUERSPURESPURSEREPOSREPPSROPESROUESROUPSROUSESPORESPRUESPUERSUPERUPPER
4 letter words (47)
EPOSEROSEUROOPESOPUSORESOUPSOURSPEPOPEPSPERPPESOPOEPPOPEPOPSPOREPOSEPOURPREPPROPPROSPUERPUPSPUREPURSREOSREPOREPPREPSROESROPEROSEROUEROUPRUESRUSESORESOUPSOURSPUESPURSUERSUPESUREURESURPSUSER
3 letter words (36)
ERSOESOPEOPSOREORSOSEOUPOUROUSPEPPERPESPOPPOSPREPROPUPPURPUSREOREPRESROERUESERSOPSOUSUESUPSURUPOUPSUREURPUSE
2 letter words (14)
Next: the Word Unscrambler for any letters at all. Full entry and definition at Merriam-Webster.