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Purificatory

p ₃u ₁r ₁i ₁f ₄i ₁c ₃a ₁t ₁o ₁r ₁y ₄

About 6 syllables

12 letters · Uncommon

Scrabble US & Canada : valid
Scrabble UK & worldwide : valid
Words With Friends : valid
Wordle : not valid

What does purificatory mean?

We don’t have a definition for purificatory yet. It appears in the game word lists marked below, so it is playable even without a dictionary meaning. That is common for rare, regional and technical words.

Is PURIFICATORY a valid word?

Game / word list	Valid?
Scrabble US & Canada (NWL / TWL)	Yes
Scrabble UK & worldwide (Collins / SOWPODS)	Yes
Words With Friends (ENABLE)	Yes
Wordle (guess list)	No

How many points is PURIFICATORY worth?

Scrabble

22 pts

p ₃u ₁r ₁i ₁f ₄i ₁c ₃a ₁t ₁o ₁r ₁y ₄

Words With Friends

24 pts

p ₄u ₂r ₁i ₁f ₄i ₁c ₄a ₁t ₁o ₁r ₁y ₃

Wordfeud

25 pts

p ₄u ₂r ₁i ₁f ₄i ₁c ₄a ₁t ₁o ₁r ₁y ₄

NYT Crossplay

23 pts

p ₃u ₂r ₁i ₁f ₄i ₁c ₃a ₁t ₁o ₁r ₁y ₄

Scores are the sum of the tile values, before premium squares or bingo bonuses.

Words from the letters in PURIFICATORY

Best shorter words top 30 of 490

See all 490 words made from PURIFICATORY

Words that end like PURIFICATORY

Common words that share the ending -ORY, handy for rhymes, poems and wordplay. Matches are based on spelling, so a few may not rhyme exactly.

All words ending in -ORY

Purificatory: quick answers

Is PURIFICATORY a valid Scrabble word?

Yes. PURIFICATORY is accepted in both the North American (NWL) and the international Collins Scrabble word lists, and scores 22 points before board bonuses.

How many points is PURIFICATORY worth?

PURIFICATORY scores 22 points in Scrabble, 24 in Words With Friends, 25 in Wordfeud and 23 in NYT Crossplay. These are plain tile totals, before any double- or triple-letter and word squares.

What words can you make with the letters in PURIFICATORY?

You can make 490 shorter words from PURIFICATORY, such as COPURIFY, PURIFICATOR, CAPRIFY, OPACIFY. See the full list.