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Is purfle a Scrabble word?

Yes, purfle is a valid Scrabble word! Worth 11 points in Scrabble.

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  • Scrabble US/Canada (OTCWL) Yes
  • Scrabble UK (SOWPODS) Yes
  • Wordle No
  • Words With Friends Yes

What is the meaning of purfle?

Definition

noun (English)

1. (heraldry) An ornamental border, edge, or line of a different tincture or material.Examples: "Adumbration (or Transparency) is a clear Exemption of the Substance of the Charge, so that there remaineth only the outward Strokes or Purfle of a Thing;"; "Cross […] has its extremities ending in a flower of three leaves, or flower-de-luces, with a purfle, or line between them and the ends of the cross."

verb (English)

1. (transitive, archaic) To decorate (wood, cloth etc.) with a purfle or ornamental border; to border.Examples: "And this was his message gretynge wel kynge Arthur in this manere wyse sayenge / that kynge Ryons had discomfyte and ouercome xj kynges /[…]/ they gaf hym their berdys clene flayne[…]/ wher for the messager came for kyng Arthurs berd / For kyng Ryons had purfyled a mantel with kynges berdes / and there lacked one place of the mantel"; "He had a faire companion of his way, / A goodly Lady, clad in ſcarlot red, / Purfled with gold and pearle of rich aſſay, […]"; "It came to pass on a certain day, as he stood about the street leaning idly upon his crate, behold, there stood before him an honourable woman in a mantilla of Mosul silk, broidered with gold and bordered with brocade; her walking shoes were also purfled with gold and her hair floated in long plaits."archaictransitive

2. (heraldry, transitive) To ornament with purfle.Examples: "Crest; a dragon passant proper, wings elevated and purfled gules."transitive

Definition source: Wiktionary

What Scrabble words can I make with the letters in "purfle"?

How many Scrabble points is the word "purfle"?

Scrabble
11 points
P3
U1
R1
F4
L1
E1
Words With Friends
14 points
P4
U2
R1
F4
L2
E1

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