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Is purging a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word purging is a Scrabble US word. The word purging is worth 11 points in Scrabble:

P3U1R1G2I1N1G2

Is purging a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word purging is a Scrabble UK word and has 11 points:

P3U1R1G2I1N1G2

Is purging a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word purging is a Words With Friends word. The word purging is worth 16 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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7-letter words (1 found)

PURGING,

6-letter words (4 found)

GRUING,PURING,URGING,URPING,

5-letter words (4 found)

PURIN,RUING,UNRIG,UNRIP,

4-letter words (17 found)

GING,GIRN,GRIG,GRIN,GRIP,GUNG,GURN,PING,PIRN,PRIG,PUIR,PUNG,PURI,RIGG,RING,RUIN,RUNG,

3-letter words (27 found)

GIG,GIN,GIP,GNU,GUN,GUP,GUR,IGG,ING,NIP,NUG,NUR,PIG,PIN,PIR,PIU,PUG,PUN,PUR,RIG,RIN,RIP,RUG,RUN,UNI,URN,URP,

2-letter words (9 found)

GI,GU,IN,NU,PI,UG,UN,UP,UR,

You can make 62 words from purging according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of purging

purging

Etymology

From Middle English purgynge; equivalent to purge +‎ -ing.

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)dʒɪŋ

Verb

purging

  1. present participle and gerund of purge

Noun

purging (countable and uncountable, plural purgings)

  1. The act or an instance of eliminating contamination: a purification, a cleansing, particularly:
    1. (chiefly politics) A removal of undesirable people.
    2. (chiefly chemistry) The cleansing of a device by flushing it with water, steam, or some other liquid or gas.
  2. The removal of waste from the human body, particularly:
    1. (premodern medicine) The removal of excess humors through bloodletting, induced vomiting, etc.
    2. (medicine) The removal of digested waste: defecation; defecation induced by laxatives.
  3. (chiefly medicine) Vomiting; vomiting induced by purgatives.
  4. (obsolete and rare) That which is purged: contamination, a contaminant; refuse; sin; etc.
  5. (obsolete and rare) Synonym of purgation: the act or an instance of removing guilt or suspicion of a misdeed.

Synonyms

  • (removal of undesirables): purge; see also witchhunt
  • (defecation): See Thesaurus:defecation
  • (vomiting): See vomiting and Thesaurus:regurgitate
  • (thing purged): See blood, sin, Thesaurus:vomit, and Thesaurus:feces

Derived terms

  • purging cassia
  • purging nut
  • purging place

Translations

References

  • "purging, n." in the Oxford English Dictionary (2007), Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Middle English

Noun

purging

  1. Alternative form of purgynge

Source: wiktionary.org