Definition of expurgating

"expurgating" in the verb sense

1. bowdlerize, bowdlerise, expurgate, castrate, shorten

edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate

"bowdlerize a novel"

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expurgating in Scrabble®

The word expurgating is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 22

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays In The Letters expurgating:

EXPURGATING
(207)
EXPURGATING
(207)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (22 words)

apexing, arguing, gaunter, gearing, granite, grating, ingrate, painter, parging, parting, pertain, petunia, prating, purging, puritan, reaping, reinput, repaint, taggier, tangier, tearing, urinate

 

All Scrabble® Plays For The Word expurgating

EXPURGATING
(207)
EXPURGATING
(207)
EXPURGATING
(138)
EXPURGATING
(138)
EXPURGATING
(96)
EXPURGATING
(96)
EXPURGATING
(93)
EXPURGATING
(92)
EXPURGATING
(92)
EXPURGATING
(88)
EXPURGATING
(88)
EXPURGATING
(88)
EXPURGATING
(88)
EXPURGATING
(88)
EXPURGATING
(84)
EXPURGATING
(81)
EXPURGATING
(72)
EXPURGATING
(62)
EXPURGATING
(60)
EXPURGATING
(56)
EXPURGATING
(54)
EXPURGATING
(52)
EXPURGATING
(52)
EXPURGATING
(50)
EXPURGATING
(50)
EXPURGATING
(50)
EXPURGATING
(48)
EXPURGATING
(48)
EXPURGATING
(48)
EXPURGATING
(44)
EXPURGATING
(34)
EXPURGATING
(33)
EXPURGATING
(28)
EXPURGATING
(27)
EXPURGATING
(27)
EXPURGATING
(27)
EXPURGATING
(26)
EXPURGATING
(26)

The 200 Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays For Words Using The Letters In expurgating

EXPURGATING
(207)
EXPURGATING
(207)
EXPURGATING
(138)
EXPURGATING
(138)
APEXING
(125 = 75 + 50)
APEXING
(125 = 75 + 50)
APEXING
(118 = 68 + 50)
APEXING
(110 = 60 + 50)
APEXING
(107 = 57 + 50)
APEXING
(104 = 54 + 50)
APEXING
(104 = 54 + 50)
APEXING
(104 = 54 + 50)
APEXING
(104 = 54 + 50)
APEXING
(101 = 51 + 50)
EXPURGATING
(96)
APEXING
(96 = 46 + 50)
EXPURGATING
(96)
PURGING
(94 = 44 + 50)
PARGING
(94 = 44 + 50)
EXPURGATING
(93)
PURGING
(92 = 42 + 50)
EXPURGATING
(92)
PARGING
(92 = 42 + 50)
EXPURGATING
(92)
APEXING
(90 = 40 + 50)
APEXING
(90 = 40 + 50)
PRATING
(90 = 40 + 50)
PARTING
(90 = 40 + 50)
REAPING
(90 = 40 + 50)
PARGING
(89 = 39 + 50)
PARTING
(89 = 39 + 50)
REAPING
(89 = 39 + 50)
REAPING
(89 = 39 + 50)
PURGING
(89 = 39 + 50)
PURGING
(89 = 39 + 50)
PARGING
(89 = 39 + 50)
PRATING
(89 = 39 + 50)
PARGING
(89 = 39 + 50)
PURGING
(89 = 39 + 50)
APEXING
(88 = 38 + 50)
APEXING
(88 = 38 + 50)
APEXING
(88 = 38 + 50)
APEXING
(88 = 38 + 50)
APEXING
(88 = 38 + 50)
APEXING
(88 = 38 + 50)
EXPURGATING
(88)
EXPURGATING
(88)
EXPURGATING
(88)
EXPURGATING
(88)
EXPURGATING
(88)
PURGING
(86 = 36 + 50)
PAINTER
(86 = 36 + 50)
GEARING
(86 = 36 + 50)
PURGING
(86 = 36 + 50)
PARGING
(86 = 36 + 50)
APEXING
(86 = 36 + 50)
PETUNIA
(86 = 36 + 50)
APEXING
(86 = 36 + 50)
ARGUING
(86 = 36 + 50)
PARGING
(86 = 36 + 50)
REINPUT
(86 = 36 + 50)
PURGING
(86 = 36 + 50)
APEXING
(86 = 36 + 50)
PARGING
(86 = 36 + 50)
TAGGIER
(86 = 36 + 50)
PURGING
(86 = 36 + 50)
PETUNIA
(86 = 36 + 50)
PARGING
(86 = 36 + 50)
APEXING
(86 = 36 + 50)
REINPUT
(86 = 36 + 50)
PERTAIN
(86 = 36 + 50)
PERTAIN
(86 = 36 + 50)
GRATING
(86 = 36 + 50)
REPAINT
(86 = 36 + 50)
PARTING
(86 = 36 + 50)
PRATING
(86 = 36 + 50)
REAPING
(86 = 36 + 50)
PURITAN
(86 = 36 + 50)
PAINTER
(86 = 36 + 50)
REPAINT
(86 = 36 + 50)
APEXING
(86 = 36 + 50)
PURITAN
(86 = 36 + 50)
APEXING
(84 = 34 + 50)
EXPURGATING
(84)
APEXING
(84 = 34 + 50)
APEXING
(84 = 34 + 50)
APEXING
(84 = 34 + 50)
APEXING
(84 = 34 + 50)
REAPING
(83 = 33 + 50)
PRATING
(83 = 33 + 50)
GEARING
(83 = 33 + 50)
REAPING
(83 = 33 + 50)
PRATING
(83 = 33 + 50)
REAPING
(83 = 33 + 50)
PARTING
(83 = 33 + 50)
GRATING
(83 = 33 + 50)
REAPING
(83 = 33 + 50)
PRATING
(83 = 33 + 50)
TAGGIER
(83 = 33 + 50)
PURGING
(83 = 33 + 50)
GRATING
(83 = 33 + 50)
PARTING
(83 = 33 + 50)
APEXING
(83 = 33 + 50)
PRATING
(83 = 33 + 50)
PARGING
(83 = 33 + 50)
GEARING
(83 = 33 + 50)
PRATING
(83 = 33 + 50)
TAGGIER
(83 = 33 + 50)
TAGGIER
(83 = 33 + 50)
PARTING
(83 = 33 + 50)
PARTING
(83 = 33 + 50)
PARTING
(83 = 33 + 50)
ARGUING
(83 = 33 + 50)
PRATING
(83 = 33 + 50)
PARTING
(83 = 33 + 50)
REAPING
(83 = 33 + 50)
ARGUING
(83 = 33 + 50)
GAUNTER
(82 = 32 + 50)
TANGIER
(82 = 32 + 50)
TEARING
(82 = 32 + 50)
INGRATE
(82 = 32 + 50)
GRANITE
(82 = 32 + 50)
EXPURGATING
(81)
PAINTER
(80 = 30 + 50)
GRATING
(80 = 30 + 50)
PAINTER
(80 = 30 + 50)
ARGUING
(80 = 30 + 50)
PAINTER
(80 = 30 + 50)
TEARING
(80 = 30 + 50)
ARGUING
(80 = 30 + 50)
PAINTER
(80 = 30 + 50)
PAINTER
(80 = 30 + 50)
PERTAIN
(80 = 30 + 50)
PAINTER
(80 = 30 + 50)
PERTAIN
(80 = 30 + 50)
GRANITE
(80 = 30 + 50)
PETUNIA
(80 = 30 + 50)
PARTING
(80 = 30 + 50)
PERTAIN
(80 = 30 + 50)
PERTAIN
(80 = 30 + 50)
PERTAIN
(80 = 30 + 50)
ARGUING
(80 = 30 + 50)
PERTAIN
(80 = 30 + 50)
PERTAIN
(80 = 30 + 50)
GRATING
(80 = 30 + 50)
PRATING
(80 = 30 + 50)
PARGING
(80 = 30 + 50)
GRATING
(80 = 30 + 50)
GRATING
(80 = 30 + 50)
GRATING
(80 = 30 + 50)
PETUNIA
(80 = 30 + 50)
PETUNIA
(80 = 30 + 50)
PETUNIA
(80 = 30 + 50)
PETUNIA
(80 = 30 + 50)
PETUNIA
(80 = 30 + 50)
PETUNIA
(80 = 30 + 50)
GRATING
(80 = 30 + 50)
ARGUING
(80 = 30 + 50)
TAGGIER
(80 = 30 + 50)
PURITAN
(80 = 30 + 50)
REPAINT
(80 = 30 + 50)
INGRATE
(80 = 30 + 50)
GAUNTER
(80 = 30 + 50)
REPAINT
(80 = 30 + 50)
REPAINT
(80 = 30 + 50)
TAGGIER
(80 = 30 + 50)
REPAINT
(80 = 30 + 50)
REPAINT
(80 = 30 + 50)
REAPING
(80 = 30 + 50)
PURITAN
(80 = 30 + 50)
REPAINT
(80 = 30 + 50)
TANGIER
(80 = 30 + 50)
PURITAN
(80 = 30 + 50)
PURITAN
(80 = 30 + 50)
PURITAN
(80 = 30 + 50)
PURITAN
(80 = 30 + 50)
PURITAN
(80 = 30 + 50)
TANGIER
(80 = 30 + 50)
TAGGIER
(80 = 30 + 50)
PURGING
(80 = 30 + 50)
TAGGIER
(80 = 30 + 50)
REPAINT
(80 = 30 + 50)
TAGGIER
(80 = 30 + 50)
REINPUT
(80 = 30 + 50)
GEARING
(80 = 30 + 50)
GEARING
(80 = 30 + 50)
REINPUT
(80 = 30 + 50)
GEARING
(80 = 30 + 50)
REINPUT
(80 = 30 + 50)
ARGUING
(80 = 30 + 50)
PAINTER
(80 = 30 + 50)
GEARING
(80 = 30 + 50)
REINPUT
(80 = 30 + 50)
REINPUT
(80 = 30 + 50)
ARGUING
(80 = 30 + 50)
REINPUT
(80 = 30 + 50)
REINPUT
(80 = 30 + 50)
REPAINT
(80 = 30 + 50)
REINPUT
(80 = 30 + 50)
GEARING
(80 = 30 + 50)

expurgating in Words With Friends™

The word expurgating is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 27

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Play In The Letters expurgating:

EXPURGATING
(333)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (22 words)

apexing, arguing, gaunter, gearing, granite, grating, ingrate, painter, parging, parting, pertain, petunia, prating, purging, puritan, reaping, reinput, repaint, taggier, tangier, tearing, urinate

 

All Words With Friends™ Plays For The Word expurgating

EXPURGATING
(333)
EXPURGATING
(315)
EXPURGATING
(279)
EXPURGATING
(186)
EXPURGATING
(174)
EXPURGATING
(140)
EXPURGATING
(124)
EXPURGATING
(124)
EXPURGATING
(116)
EXPURGATING
(112)
EXPURGATING
(111)
EXPURGATING
(108)
EXPURGATING
(108)
EXPURGATING
(108)
EXPURGATING
(98)
EXPURGATING
(94)
EXPURGATING
(93)
EXPURGATING
(82)
EXPURGATING
(74)
EXPURGATING
(74)
EXPURGATING
(62)
EXPURGATING
(62)
EXPURGATING
(54)
EXPURGATING
(54)
EXPURGATING
(39)
EXPURGATING
(39)
EXPURGATING
(39)
EXPURGATING
(36)
EXPURGATING
(35)
EXPURGATING
(34)
EXPURGATING
(33)
EXPURGATING
(33)
EXPURGATING
(33)
EXPURGATING
(33)
EXPURGATING
(33)
EXPURGATING
(32)
EXPURGATING
(32)
EXPURGATING
(31)
EXPURGATING
(31)

The 200 Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays Using The Letters In expurgating

EXPURGATING
(333)
EXPURGATING
(315)
EXPURGATING
(279)
EXPURGATING
(186)
EXPURGATING
(174)
APEXING
(167 = 132 + 35)
APEXING
(155 = 120 + 35)
APEXING
(143 = 108 + 35)
APEXING
(143 = 108 + 35)
EXPURGATING
(140)
EXPURGATING
(124)
EXPURGATING
(124)
APEXING
(119 = 84 + 35)
APEXING
(119 = 84 + 35)
EXPURGATING
(116)
APEXING
(115 = 80 + 35)
APEXING
(115 = 80 + 35)
APEXING
(115 = 80 + 35)
PURGING
(113 = 78 + 35)
APEXING
(113 = 78 + 35)
PURGING
(113 = 78 + 35)
PURGING
(113 = 78 + 35)
EXPURGATING
(112)
EXPURGATING
(111)
PARGING
(110 = 75 + 35)
REAPING
(110 = 75 + 35)
PARGING
(110 = 75 + 35)
EXPUGN
(108)
EXPURGATING
(108)
EXPURGATING
(108)
EXPURGATING
(108)
APEXING
(107 = 72 + 35)
PURGING
(107 = 72 + 35)
APEXING
(107 = 72 + 35)
PURGING
(107 = 72 + 35)
REAPING
(104 = 69 + 35)
PRATING
(104 = 69 + 35)
PARGING
(104 = 69 + 35)
PARGING
(104 = 69 + 35)
PARTING
(104 = 69 + 35)
PARGING
(104 = 69 + 35)
TAXING
(102)
PRETAX
(102)
RAXING
(102)
PURGING
(101 = 66 + 35)
PURGING
(101 = 66 + 35)
PURGING
(101 = 66 + 35)
APEXING
(101 = 66 + 35)
PETUNIA
(101 = 66 + 35)
REINPUT
(101 = 66 + 35)
PURITAN
(101 = 66 + 35)
PURGING
(99 = 64 + 35)
PURGING
(99 = 64 + 35)
PURGING
(99 = 64 + 35)
ARGUING
(98 = 63 + 35)
PRATING
(98 = 63 + 35)
REPAINT
(98 = 63 + 35)
PARGING
(98 = 63 + 35)
ARGUING
(98 = 63 + 35)
REAPING
(98 = 63 + 35)
REAPING
(98 = 63 + 35)
PARGING
(98 = 63 + 35)
PRATING
(98 = 63 + 35)
REAPING
(98 = 63 + 35)
PARGING
(98 = 63 + 35)
PARTING
(98 = 63 + 35)
PARTING
(98 = 63 + 35)
EXPURGATING
(98)
PERTAIN
(98 = 63 + 35)
PAINTER
(98 = 63 + 35)
GAUNTER
(98 = 63 + 35)
ARGUING
(98 = 63 + 35)
TAXING
(96)
PRETAX
(96)
EXTIRP
(96)
RAXING
(96)
GEARING
(95 = 60 + 35)
PURITAN
(95 = 60 + 35)
GEARING
(95 = 60 + 35)
GRATING
(95 = 60 + 35)
PARGING
(95 = 60 + 35)
PURGING
(95 = 60 + 35)
PURGING
(95 = 60 + 35)
PARGING
(95 = 60 + 35)
GRATING
(95 = 60 + 35)
PETUNIA
(95 = 60 + 35)
REINPUT
(95 = 60 + 35)
PARGING
(95 = 60 + 35)
EXPURGATING
(94)
EXPAT
(93)
AXING
(93)
EXPURGATING
(93)
TAGGIER
(92 = 57 + 35)
PAINTER
(92 = 57 + 35)
TAGGIER
(92 = 57 + 35)
REAPING
(92 = 57 + 35)
PARTING
(92 = 57 + 35)
TAGGIER
(92 = 57 + 35)
PARTING
(92 = 57 + 35)
PERTAIN
(92 = 57 + 35)
ARGUING
(92 = 57 + 35)
PARGING
(92 = 57 + 35)
PRATING
(92 = 57 + 35)
PRATING
(92 = 57 + 35)
ARGUING
(92 = 57 + 35)
APEXING
(91 = 56 + 35)
APEX
(90)
EXPUGN
(90)
PETUNIA
(89 = 54 + 35)
TANGIER
(89 = 54 + 35)
PETUNIA
(89 = 54 + 35)
GRATING
(89 = 54 + 35)
REINPUT
(89 = 54 + 35)
GEARING
(89 = 54 + 35)
TEARING
(89 = 54 + 35)
TANGIER
(89 = 54 + 35)
GRATING
(89 = 54 + 35)
INGRATE
(89 = 54 + 35)
PETUNIA
(89 = 54 + 35)
PURITAN
(89 = 54 + 35)
GEARING
(89 = 54 + 35)
PURITAN
(89 = 54 + 35)
GRANITE
(89 = 54 + 35)
GRATING
(89 = 54 + 35)
GEARING
(89 = 54 + 35)
REAPING
(87 = 52 + 35)
PARTING
(87 = 52 + 35)
TEAUX
(87)
ARGUING
(87 = 52 + 35)
ARGUING
(87 = 52 + 35)
PRATING
(87 = 52 + 35)
XENIA
(87)
ARGUING
(87 = 52 + 35)
PARTING
(87 = 52 + 35)
UNIX
(87)
APEXING
(87 = 52 + 35)
PRATING
(87 = 52 + 35)
REAPING
(87 = 52 + 35)
REAPING
(87 = 52 + 35)
PARTING
(87 = 52 + 35)
PRATING
(87 = 52 + 35)
GAUNTER
(86 = 51 + 35)
TAGGIER
(86 = 51 + 35)
ARGUING
(86 = 51 + 35)
GAUNTER
(86 = 51 + 35)
REAPING
(86 = 51 + 35)
REAPING
(86 = 51 + 35)
PARTING
(86 = 51 + 35)
GAUNTER
(86 = 51 + 35)
PRATING
(86 = 51 + 35)
REPAINT
(86 = 51 + 35)
PAINTER
(86 = 51 + 35)
TAGGIER
(86 = 51 + 35)
PERTAIN
(86 = 51 + 35)
PARGING
(86 = 51 + 35)
PAINTER
(86 = 51 + 35)
ARGUING
(86 = 51 + 35)
PARTING
(86 = 51 + 35)
ARGUING
(86 = 51 + 35)
PRATING
(86 = 51 + 35)
AXITE
(84)
EXPUGN
(84)
EXPUGN
(84)
PAGING
(84)
GAPING
(84)
EXTRA
(84)
RETAX
(84)
REINPUT
(83 = 48 + 35)
GRATING
(83 = 48 + 35)
GEARING
(83 = 48 + 35)
TEARING
(83 = 48 + 35)
REINPUT
(83 = 48 + 35)
GEARING
(83 = 48 + 35)
APEXING
(83 = 48 + 35)
REINPUT
(83 = 48 + 35)
GEARING
(83 = 48 + 35)
REINPUT
(83 = 48 + 35)
APEXING
(83 = 48 + 35)
GEARING
(83 = 48 + 35)
GRATING
(83 = 48 + 35)
GEARING
(83 = 48 + 35)
REINPUT
(83 = 48 + 35)
GRATING
(83 = 48 + 35)
PETUNIA
(83 = 48 + 35)
TANGIER
(83 = 48 + 35)
GRANITE
(83 = 48 + 35)
GRANITE
(83 = 48 + 35)
PURITAN
(83 = 48 + 35)
PURITAN
(83 = 48 + 35)
PURITAN
(83 = 48 + 35)
PURITAN
(83 = 48 + 35)
PURITAN
(83 = 48 + 35)
PURITAN
(83 = 48 + 35)
TANGIER
(83 = 48 + 35)
PETUNIA
(83 = 48 + 35)
PURGING
(83 = 48 + 35)
TANGIER
(83 = 48 + 35)
GRATING
(83 = 48 + 35)
GRANITE
(83 = 48 + 35)
PETUNIA
(83 = 48 + 35)

Words within the letters of expurgating

2 letter words in expurgating (19 words)

8 letter words in expurgating (6 words)

9 letter words in expurgating (4 words)

11 letter words in expurgating (1 word)

Words containing the sequence expurgating

Words that start with expurgating (1 word)

Words with expurgating in them (1 word)

Words that end with expurgating (1 word)

Word Growth involving expurgating

Shorter words in expurgating

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in tin ting gating

Longer words containing expurgating

(No longer words found)