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Is puir a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word puir is a Scrabble US word. The word puir is worth 6 points in Scrabble:

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Is puir a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word puir is a Scrabble UK word and has 6 points:

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4-letter words (2 found)

PUIR,PURI,

3-letter words (5 found)

PIR,PIU,PUR,RIP,URP,

2-letter words (3 found)

PI,UP,UR,

You can make 10 words from puir according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 4 letters words made out of puir

puir upir piur ipur uipr iupr puri upri prui rpui urpi rupi piru ipru priu rpiu irpu ripu uirp iurp urip ruip irup riup

Note: these 'words' (valid or invalid) are all the permutations of the word puir. These words are obtained by scrambling the letters in puir.

Definitions and meaning of puir

puir

Middle French

Etymology

Vulgar Latin *putio.

Verb

puir

  1. to smell (bad); to stink

Old French

Alternative forms

  • puïr (diaereses not universally used in transcriptions of Old French)

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *putīre, from Classical Latin putēre, present active infinitive of puteō.

Verb

puir

  1. to smell (bad); to stink

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

Descendants

  • French: puer

References

  • Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (puir)

Portuguese

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: pu‧ir

Verb

puir (no first-person singular present, no present subjunctive, third-person singular present pui, first-person singular preterite puí, past participle puído)

  1. (of an object) to wear, to wear out, to deteriorate
    Synonym: desgastar

Conjugation

Scots

Etymology

From Middle English povre, from Old French povre, from Latin pauper.

Adjective

puir (comparative mair puir, superlative maist puir)

  1. poor

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