purse
Purse can refer to a container used for carrying money and small personal items or accessories (especially by women), a sum of money spoken of as the contents of a money purse, or a small bag for carrying money. As a verb, purse can mean to contract one's lips into a rounded shape or gather or contract into wrinkles or folds; pucker.
Length
5
Scrabble
7
WWF
9
Starts
PU
Ends
RSE
Difficulty
Medium
Dictionary
What Does “PURSE” Mean?
/pɜːs/
purse has 6 documented senses across noun, verb.
Noun
4 sensesa container used for carrying money and small personal items or accessories (especially by women)
“she reached into her bag and found a comb”
Synonyms
a sum of money spoken of as the contents of a money purse
“he made the contribution out of his own purse”
“he and his wife shared a common purse”
a small bag for carrying money
a sum of money offered as a prize
“the purse barely covered the winner's expenses”
Verb
2 sensescontract one's lips into a rounded shape
Synonyms for PURSE
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
5
Vowels
2
Consonants
3
Word Intelligence
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Definition
a container used for carrying money and small personal items or accessories (especially by women)
Length
5 letters
Starts With
P
Ends With
E
Vowels
2
Consonants
3
Letters
P, U, R, S, E
Use Case
Useful for Scrabble, Wordle, crosswords, anagrams, and other word games.
Letter Breakdown
Word Facts
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Word Strategy
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★☆☆PURSE has a Scrabble score of 7. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★★★☆PURSE is a five-letter word, so it can be considered in Wordle-style solving. It includes common vowel information that can help narrow guesses.
Crossword Strategy
★★★★☆PURSE can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 5-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★★☆PURSE uses unique letters, giving more flexibility when checking possible anagrams and word game combinations.
Letter Intelligence
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Unique Letters
5
Repeated Letters
0
Highest Value Letter
P
Letter Pattern
ABCDE
CV Pattern
CVCCV
Vowel Share
40%
Consonant Share
60%
Bigrams
PU, UR, RS, SE
Trigrams
PUR, URS, RSE
Crossword Intelligence
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