The word purlieu is a valid scrabble word

2 short excerpts of WikWik.org (WikWik is an online database of words defined in the English, French, Spanish, Italian, and other Wiktionnaries.)

  • purlieu n. (Historical) The ground on the edges of a forest, especially when partly subject to the same forest…
  • purlieu n. The outskirts of any place; an adjacent district; the environs or neighborhood.

22 valid words from 2 definitions

ADJACENT AN ANY DISTRICT EDGES ENVIRONS ESPECIALLY FOREST GROUND HISTORICAL NEIGHBORHOOD OF ON OR OUTSKIRTS PARTLY PLACE SAME SUBJECT THE TO WHEN

6 words-in-word (Words found as is inside the word.)

LI LIE LIEU PUR PURL UR

One word-in-word RTL (Word found written from right to left, inside the word.)

UP

2 suffixes (New words found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

PURLIEUS PURLIEUX

3 anagrams plus one (New words formed with all the letters from the word plus a letter.)

+C PURLICUE
+S PURLIEUS
+X PURLIEUX

One anagram minus one (New word formed with all the letters from the word minus a letter.)

-U PULIER

Scrabble scoring

  • 9 points.

Probability in scrabble (Probability to draw 7 letters at the beginning of the game to build the word.)

  • Joker allowed, 1 in 64536 chance.
  • Joker not allowed, 1 in 514646 chance.

Other languages

Categories without words

  • No anagrams (Word found by changing the order of the letters.)
  • No cousins (Word found by changing only one letter.)
  • No lipograms (Word found when removing only one letter.)
  • No epentheses (Word found when adding only one letter.)
  • Not found in the middle (Word found by adding letters in front and at the end of the word.)
  • No prefixes (Word found by adding one or more letters in front of the word.)

Scrabble words — in black are valid world wide — in RED are not valid in North America — in GREEN are valid only in North America.

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