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Is pursiness a Scrabble word?

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

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Is pursiness a Scrabble UK word?

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

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Yes. The word pursiness is a Words With Friends word. The word pursiness is worth 14 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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9-letter words (1 found)

PURSINESS,

8-letter words (2 found)

SUNRISES,SUSPIRES,

7-letter words (20 found)

INSURES,ISSUERS,PISSERS,PRISSES,PRUINES,PUISNES,PURINES,PUSSERS,PUSSIER,PUSSIES,RISUSES,SINUSES,SNIPERS,SPURNES,SUNRISE,SUPINES,SUSPENS,SUSPIRE,UPRISEN,UPRISES,

6-letter words (50 found)

ERINUS,INSURE,INURES,ISSUER,ISSUES,NISSES,NURSES,PISSER,PISSES,PRISES,PRUINE,PRUNES,PUISNE,PUNIER,PURINE,PURINS,PURSES,PUSSER,PUSSES,REPINS,RESINS,RINSES,RIPENS,RUSINE,SENSIS,SEPSIS,SERINS,SIEURS,SIRENS,SIRUPS,SNIPER,SNIPES,SPEIRS,SPEISS,SPIERS,SPINES,SPIRES,SPRUES,SPUERS,SPURNE,SPURNS,SUPERS,SUPINE,UNRIPE,UNRIPS,UPRISE,UPSIES,URESIS,URINES,URSINE,

5-letter words (76 found)

EPRIS,INURE,ISSUE,NISSE,NISUS,NURSE,PEINS,PENIS,PERIS,PERNS,PIERS,PINES,PIRNS,PISES,PRESS,PRIES,PRISE,PRISS,PRUNE,PUERS,PURES,PURIN,PURIS,PURSE,PUSES,REINS,REPIN,RESIN,RESUS,RINES,RINSE,RIPEN,RIPES,RISEN,RISES,RISPS,RISUS,RUINS,RUNES,RUSES,RUSSE,SEIRS,SENSI,SERIN,SIENS,SIEUR,SINES,SINUS,SIPES,SIREN,SIRES,SIRUP,SISES,SNIES,SNIPE,SNIPS,SPEIR,SPIER,SPIES,SPINE,SPINS,SPIRE,SPRUE,SPUER,SPUES,SPURN,SPURS,SUERS,SUNIS,SUPER,SUPES,SURES,SUSES,UNRIP,URINE,USERS,

4-letter words (80 found)

ERNS,IRES,IURE,NEPS,NESS,NIES,NIPS,NURS,PEIN,PENI,PENS,PERI,PERN,PIER,PIES,PINE,PINS,PIRN,PIRS,PISE,PISS,PSIS,PUER,PUIR,PUNS,PURE,PURI,PURS,PUSS,REIN,REIS,RENS,REPS,RINE,RINS,RIPE,RIPS,RISE,RISP,RUES,RUIN,RUNE,RUNS,RUSE,SEIR,SEIS,SENS,SEPS,SERS,SESS,SIEN,SIES,SINE,SINS,SIPE,SIPS,SIRE,SIRS,SISS,SNIP,SPIE,SPIN,SPUE,SPUN,SPUR,SRIS,SUER,SUES,SUNI,SUNS,SUPE,SUPS,SURE,SUSS,UNIS,URES,URNS,URPS,USER,USES,

3-letter words (54 found)

ENS,ERN,ERS,ESS,INS,IRE,NEP,NIE,NIP,NIS,NUR,NUS,PEN,PER,PES,PIE,PIN,PIR,PIS,PIU,PRE,PSI,PUN,PUR,PUS,REI,REN,REP,RES,RIN,RIP,RUE,RUN,SEI,SEN,SER,SIN,SIP,SIR,SIS,SRI,SUE,SUI,SUN,SUP,SUR,SUS,UNI,UNS,UPS,URE,URN,URP,USE,

2-letter words (15 found)

EN,ER,ES,IN,IS,NE,NU,PE,PI,RE,SI,UN,UP,UR,US,

1-letter words (1 found)

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You can make 299 words from pursiness according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of pursiness

pursiness

Etymology

pursy +‎ -ness

Noun

pursiness (uncountable)

  1. The state of being pursy.
    1. Shortness of breath, especially due to fatness.
      • 1838, Robert Smith Surtees, Jorrocks’s Jaunts and Jollities, London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner, 2nd edition, 1843, No. I, “The Swell and the Surrey,” p. 6,[2]
        […] any slight degree of pursiness that the good steeds may have acquired by standing at livery in Cripplegate, or elsewhere, is speedily pumped out of them by a smart brush over the turf […]
    2. Fatness, obesity.
      • 1595, Thomas Lodge, A Fig for Momus, Epistle VI, cited in J. W. Lever, The Elizabethan Love Sonnet, London: Methuen, 1966, p. 150,[3]
        You pray me to aduise, and tell you what
        Will take away your pursiness and fat,
      • 1906, Florence Parsons (as “Mrs. Clement Parsons”), Garrick and His Circle, London: Methuen, p. 131,[5]
        Hogarth’s fine portrait of him, […] recently acquired by the National Gallery, suggests the double chin and general pursiness of the bon vivant.
    3. The state of being puckered.

References

  • “pursiness”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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