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Yes. The word prurient is a Scrabble US word. The word prurient is worth 10 points in Scrabble:

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Yes. The word prurient is a Scrabble UK word and has 10 points:

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8-letter words (1 found)

PRURIENT,

7-letter words (7 found)

PRINTER,PRUNIER,PURTIER,REPRINT,REPUNIT,RUNTIER,UNRIPER,

6-letter words (17 found)

IRRUPT,NIPTER,PRUINE,PRUNER,PTERIN,PUIRER,PUNIER,PUNTER,PURINE,RETURN,RUINER,TRIUNE,TUNIER,TURNER,TURNIP,UNITER,UNRIPE,

5-letter words (37 found)

ERUPT,INEPT,INERT,INPUT,INTER,INURE,NEPIT,NITER,NITRE,PETRI,PIERT,PRENT,PRIER,PRINT,PRUNE,PRUNT,PURER,PURIN,REPIN,RERUN,RIPEN,RIPER,RUTIN,TRIER,TRINE,TRIPE,TRUER,TUNER,UNITE,UNRIP,UNTIE,UPTER,UPTIE,URENT,URINE,URITE,UTERI,

4-letter words (47 found)

ETUI,IURE,NITE,NURR,PEIN,PENI,PENT,PERI,PERN,PERT,PIER,PIET,PINE,PINT,PIRN,PTUI,PUER,PUIR,PUNT,PURE,PURI,PURR,REIN,RENT,RINE,RIPE,RIPT,RITE,RUER,RUIN,RUNE,RUNT,RURP,TEIN,TERN,TIER,TINE,TIRE,TIRR,TRIE,TRIN,TRIP,TRUE,TUNE,TURN,TURR,UNIT,

3-letter words (44 found)

ERN,ERR,IRE,NEP,NET,NIE,NIP,NIT,NUR,NUT,PEN,PER,PET,PIE,PIN,PIR,PIT,PIU,PRE,PUN,PUR,PUT,REI,REN,REP,RET,RIN,RIP,RIT,RUE,RUN,RUT,TEN,TIE,TIN,TIP,TUI,TUN,TUP,UNI,URE,URN,URP,UTE,

2-letter words (16 found)

EN,ER,ET,IN,IT,NE,NU,PE,PI,RE,TE,TI,UN,UP,UR,UT,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 170 words from prurient according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of prurient

prurient

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin prūriēns, present participle of prūriō (“itch”).

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈpɹʊəɹ.i.ənt/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈpɹʊɹ.i.ənt/
  • Hyphenation: pru‧ri‧ent

Adjective

prurient (comparative more prurient, superlative most prurient)

  1. Uneasy with desire; itching; especially, having a lascivious anxiety or propensity; lustful.
  2. Arousing or appealing to sexual desire.
  3. Curious, especially inappropriately so.

Synonyms

  • (uneasy with desire): lustful
  • (sexually arousing or appealing): titillating

Derived terms

  • prurient interest

Related terms

  • prurience
  • pruriently
  • prurition
  • pruritus

Translations

Latin

Verb

prūrient

  1. third-person plural future active indicative of prūriō

Source: wiktionary.org