What PURSING Means
PURSING is a form of PURSE, which means:
- noun: a container used for carrying money and small personal items or accessories (especially by women)“she reached into her bag and found a comb”
- noun: a sum of money spoken of as the contents of a money purse“he made the contribution out of his own purse”
- verb: contract one's lips into a rounded shape
- verb: gather or contract into wrinkles or folds; pucker“purse one's lips”
Similar words
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
PURSING is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 10 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as P3 U1 R1 S1 I1 N1 G2.
At seven letters this plays a whole rack, which is a bingo and worth 60 in Scrabble once the 50 point bonus lands.
Words Made From The Letters In PURSING
138 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 (11)
5 letter words (22)
GIRNSGRINSGRIPSGURNSPINGSPIRNSPRIGSPUNGSPURINPURISRINGSRUINGRUINSRUNGSSIRUPSPRIGSPRUGSPURNSUINGUNRIGUNRIPUSING
4 letter words (49)
GINSGIPSGIRNGNUSGRINGRIPGRISGUNSGUPSGURNGURSINGSNIPSNURSPIGSPINGPINSPIRNPIRSPRIGPUGSPUIRPUNGPUNSPURIPURSRIGSRINGRINSRIPSRISPRUGSRUINRUNGRUNSSIGNSINGSNIGSNIPSNUGSPINSPUGSPUNSPURSUNGSUNIUNISURNSURPS
3 letter words (44)
GINGIPGISGNUGUNGUPGURGUSINGINSNIPNISNURNUSPIGPINPIRPISPIUPSIPUGPUNPURPUSRIGRINRIPRUGRUNSINSIPSIRSRISUGSUISUNSUPSURUGSUNIUNSUPSURNURP
2 letter words (12)
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