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Is perjure a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word perjure is a Scrabble US word. The word perjure is worth 16 points in Scrabble:

P3E1R1J8U1R1E1

Is perjure a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word perjure is a Scrabble UK word and has 16 points:

P3E1R1J8U1R1E1

Is perjure a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word perjure is a Words With Friends word. The word perjure is worth 20 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

P4E1R1J10U2R1E1

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7-letter words (1 found)

PERJURE,

6-letter words (1 found)

REPURE,

5-letter words (3 found)

PUREE,PURER,RUPEE,

4-letter words (12 found)

JEEP,JEER,JUPE,JURE,PEER,PERE,PREE,PUER,PURE,PURR,RUER,RURP,

3-letter words (13 found)

ERE,ERR,JEE,JEU,PEE,PER,PRE,PUR,REE,REP,RUE,URE,URP,

2-letter words (6 found)

EE,ER,PE,RE,UP,UR,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 37 words from perjure according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of perjure

perjure

Etymology

From Old French parjurer, from Latin periūrō.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpɜː(ɹ)d͡ʒə(ɹ)/
  • Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)d͡ʒə(ɹ)
  • Homophone: purger

Verb

perjure (third-person singular simple present perjures, present participle perjuring, simple past and past participle perjured)

  1. (reflexive) To knowingly and willfully make a false statement of witness while in court.
  2. (transitive) To cause to violate an oath or a vow; to cause to make oath knowingly to what is untrue; to make guilty of perjury; to forswear; to corrupt.
  3. (transitive) To make a false oath to; to deceive by oaths and protestations.

Synonyms

  • forswear, manswear

Related terms

  • perjury

Translations

Noun

perjure (plural perjures)

  1. (obsolete) A perjured person.

References

Latin

Adjective

perjūre

  1. vocative masculine singular of perjūrus

Spanish

Verb

perjure

  1. inflection of perjurar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Source: wiktionary.org