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

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Is spurge a Scrabble UK word?

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

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6-letter words (2 found)

PURGES,SPURGE,

5-letter words (12 found)

GRUES,PUERS,PURES,PURGE,PURSE,SPEUG,SPRUE,SPRUG,SPUER,SUPER,SURGE,URGES,

4-letter words (26 found)

ERGS,GERS,GRUE,GUES,GUPS,GURS,PEGS,PUER,PUGS,PURE,PURS,REGS,REPS,RUES,RUGS,RUSE,SPUE,SPUG,SPUR,SUER,SUPE,SURE,URES,URGE,URPS,USER,

3-letter words (30 found)

ERG,ERS,GER,GUE,GUP,GUR,GUS,PEG,PER,PES,PRE,PUG,PUR,PUS,REG,REP,RES,RUE,RUG,SEG,SER,SUE,SUG,SUP,SUR,UGS,UPS,URE,URP,USE,

2-letter words (9 found)

ER,ES,GU,PE,RE,UG,UP,UR,US,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 80 words from spurge according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of spurge

spurge

Pronunciation

  • (US) IPA(key): /spɝd͡ʒ/
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /spɜːd͡ʒ/
  • Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)d͡ʒ

Etymology 1

Inherited from Middle English spurge, from Old French espurge, from espurgier (“to purge”), from Latin expurgo (“I purge”); the bitter milky sap of these plants was formerly used as a purgative.

Noun

spurge (usually uncountable, plural spurges)

  1. Any plant of the genus Euphorbia, a diverse genus of over 2,000 species.
Derived terms
  • Allegheny spurge (Pachysandra procumbens)
  • broom spurge (Amperea xiphoclada)
  • cushion spurge (Euphorbia epithymoides)
  • cypress spurge (Euphorbia cyparissias)
  • green spurge
  • Hall's shrubby spurge (Tetracoccus hallii
  • Indian spurge tree (Euphorbia neriifolia)
  • Indian tree spurge (Euphorbia tirucalli)
  • Japanese spurge (Pachysandra terminalis)
  • leafy spurge (Euphorbia esula)
  • Mediterranean spurge (Euphorbia characias)
  • mottled spurge (Euphorbia lactea)
  • myrtle spurge, creeping spurge (Euphorbia myrsinites)
  • petty spurge (Euphorbia peplus)
  • Peking spurge (Euphorbia pekinensis)
  • purple spurge (Euphorbia peplis)
  • resin spurge (Euphorbia resinifera)
  • sand spurge (Euphorbia psammogeton)
  • sea spurge (Euphorbia paralias)
  • serrated spurge, sawtooth spurge (Euphorbia serrata)
  • spotted spurge, prostrate spurge (Euphorbia maculata)
  • spurge daphne (Daphne laureola)
  • spurge flax (Thymelaea passerina)
  • spurge hawk-moth (Hyles euphorbiae)
  • spurge laurel (Daphne laureola)
  • spurge nettle (Cnidoscolus stimulosus)
  • spurge olive (Daphne mezereum)
  • sun spurge (Euphorbia helioscopia)
  • tree spurge (Euphorbia dendroides)
  • wood spurge (Euphorbia amygdaloides)
  • caper spurge, paper spurge, gopher spurge Euphorbia lathyris)
  • gopher spurge, upright myrtle spurge (Euphorbia rigida)
Translations

References

  • spurge on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • Euphorbia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
  • Euphorbia on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
  • “*spurge*”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Etymology 2

Uncertain.

Verb

spurge (third-person singular simple present spurges, present participle spurging, simple past and past participle spurged)

  1. (intransitive) To emit foam; to froth; said of the emission of yeast from beer during fermentation.
Translations

Anagrams

  • Grupes, Super G, purges, super G

Middle English

Alternative forms

  • sporge, spourge, spowrge

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French espurge, from espurgier, from Latin expurgo. Compare purgen.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈspurd͡ʒ(ə)/

Noun

spurge (uncountable)

  1. spurge

Descendants

  • English: spurge

References

  • “spurǧe, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Source: wiktionary.org