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Purloin in Scrabble and Meaning

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What does purloin mean? Is purloin a Scrabble word?

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Is purloin a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word purloin is a Scrabble US word. The word purloin is worth 9 points in Scrabble:

P3U1R1L1O1I1N1

Is purloin a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word purloin is a Scrabble UK word and has 9 points:

P3U1R1L1O1I1N1

Is purloin a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word purloin is a Words With Friends word. The word purloin is worth 13 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

P4U2R1L2O1I1N2

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7-letter words (1 found)

PURLOIN,

6-letter words (2 found)

INPOUR,PURLIN,

5-letter words (9 found)

LUPIN,ORPIN,POILU,PORIN,PRION,PROIN,PROUL,PURIN,UNRIP,

4-letter words (34 found)

INRO,IRON,LINO,LION,LIPO,LOIN,LOIR,LORN,LOUN,LOUP,LOUR,NIRL,NOIL,NOIR,NORI,NOUL,NOUP,NURL,OURN,PION,PIRL,PIRN,PORN,POUR,PUIR,PULI,PURI,PURL,ROIL,ROIN,ROUL,ROUP,RUIN,UPON,

3-letter words (32 found)

ION,LIN,LIP,LOP,LOR,LOU,LUN,LUR,NIL,NIP,NOR,NUR,OIL,OUP,OUR,PIN,PIR,PIU,PLU,POI,POL,PRO,PUL,PUN,PUR,RIN,RIP,RUN,UNI,UPO,URN,URP,

2-letter words (16 found)

IN,IO,LI,LO,NO,NU,OI,ON,OP,OR,OU,PI,PO,UN,UP,UR,

You can make 94 words from purloin according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of purloin

purloin

Etymology

From Middle English purloynen (“to remove”), borrowed from Anglo-Norman purloigner (“to put far away”), one of the variants of Old French porloignier. Doublet of prolong.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /pɜːˈlɔɪn/
  • Rhymes: -ɔɪn

Verb

purloin (third-person singular simple present purloins, present participle purloining, simple past and past participle purloined)

  1. (transitive, usually formal or humorous) To take the property of another, often in breach of trust; to appropriate wrongfully; to steal.
  2. (intransitive) To commit theft; to thieve.

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