Definition of purgatory

"purgatory" in the noun sense

1. purgatory

a temporary condition of torment or suffering

"a purgatory of drug abuse"

2. purgatory

theology) in Roman Catholic theology the place where those who have died in a state of grace undergo limited torment to expiate their sins

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Quotations for purgatory

Habit is the purgatory in which we suffer for our past sins. [ George Eliot ]

A beautiful woman is the "hell" of the soul, the "purgatory" of the purse, and the "paradise" of the eyes. [ Fontenelle ]

Gaze not on beauty too much, lest it blast thee; nor too long, lest it blind thee; nor too near, lest it burn thee. If thou like it, it deceives thee; if thou love it, it disturbs thee; if thou hunt after it, it destroys thee. If virtue accompany it, it is the heart's paradise; if vice associate it, it is the soul's purgatory. It is the wise man's bonfire, and the fool's furnace. [ Quarles ]

purgatory in Scrabble®

The word purgatory 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: 15

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Play In The Letters purgatory:

PURGATORY
(153)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (5 words)

grayout, gyrator, outpray, portray, protura

 

All Scrabble® Plays For The Word purgatory

PURGATORY
(153)
PURGATORY
(144)
PURGATORY
(102)
PURGATORY
(96)
PURGATORY
(66)
PURGATORY
(64)
PURGATORY
(60)
PURGATORY
(60)
PURGATORY
(60)
PURGATORY
(50)
PURGATORY
(48)
PURGATORY
(48)
PURGATORY
(48)
PURGATORY
(48)
PURGATORY
(46)
PURGATORY
(44)
PURGATORY
(40)
PURGATORY
(40)
PURGATORY
(38)
PURGATORY
(38)
PURGATORY
(38)
PURGATORY
(36)
PURGATORY
(34)
PURGATORY
(34)
PURGATORY
(34)
PURGATORY
(34)
PURGATORY
(34)
PURGATORY
(32)
PURGATORY
(32)
PURGATORY
(32)
PURGATORY
(32)
PURGATORY
(32)
PURGATORY
(31)
PURGATORY
(30)
PURGATORY
(30)
PURGATORY
(30)
PURGATORY
(21)
PURGATORY
(21)
PURGATORY
(21)
PURGATORY
(20)
PURGATORY
(20)
PURGATORY
(19)
PURGATORY
(19)
PURGATORY
(19)
PURGATORY
(18)
PURGATORY
(18)

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

PURGATORY
(153)
PURGATORY
(144)
PURGATORY
(102)
PORTRAY
(98 = 48 + 50)
OUTPRAY
(98 = 48 + 50)
OUTPRAY
(98 = 48 + 50)
PORTRAY
(98 = 48 + 50)
PURGATORY
(96)
GYRATOR
(95 = 45 + 50)
GRAYOUT
(95 = 45 + 50)
OUTPRAY
(95 = 45 + 50)
PORTRAY
(95 = 45 + 50)
OUTPRAY
(95 = 45 + 50)
GRAYOUT
(95 = 45 + 50)
GRAYOUT
(94 = 44 + 50)
GYRATOR
(94 = 44 + 50)
GYRATOR
(89 = 39 + 50)
PORTRAY
(89 = 39 + 50)
PORTRAY
(89 = 39 + 50)
OUTPRAY
(89 = 39 + 50)
OUTPRAY
(89 = 39 + 50)
OUTPRAY
(89 = 39 + 50)
PORTRAY
(89 = 39 + 50)
PORTRAY
(89 = 39 + 50)
PORTRAY
(89 = 39 + 50)
PORTRAY
(89 = 39 + 50)
OUTPRAY
(89 = 39 + 50)
OUTPRAY
(89 = 39 + 50)
GRAYOUT
(89 = 39 + 50)
GYRATOR
(88 = 38 + 50)
GRAYOUT
(86 = 36 + 50)
GYRATOR
(86 = 36 + 50)
PORTRAY
(86 = 36 + 50)
PROTURA
(86 = 36 + 50)
OUTPRAY
(86 = 36 + 50)
GRAYOUT
(86 = 36 + 50)
GRAYOUT
(86 = 36 + 50)
GYRATOR
(86 = 36 + 50)
GYRATOR
(86 = 36 + 50)
GRAYOUT
(86 = 36 + 50)
PROTURA
(86 = 36 + 50)
GYRATOR
(86 = 36 + 50)
GYRATOR
(86 = 36 + 50)
GYRATOR
(86 = 36 + 50)
GRAYOUT
(86 = 36 + 50)
OUTPRAY
(84 = 34 + 50)
PORTRAY
(84 = 34 + 50)
GRAYOUT
(83 = 33 + 50)
GYRATOR
(83 = 33 + 50)
OUTPRAY
(82 = 32 + 50)
OUTPRAY
(82 = 32 + 50)
PORTRAY
(82 = 32 + 50)
PORTRAY
(82 = 32 + 50)
PORTRAY
(82 = 32 + 50)
PORTRAY
(80 = 30 + 50)
PROTURA
(80 = 30 + 50)
PROTURA
(80 = 30 + 50)
PROTURA
(80 = 30 + 50)
GYRATOR
(80 = 30 + 50)
PROTURA
(80 = 30 + 50)
PROTURA
(80 = 30 + 50)
PROTURA
(80 = 30 + 50)
PORTRAY
(80 = 30 + 50)
PROTURA
(80 = 30 + 50)
OUTPRAY
(78 = 28 + 50)
OUTPRAY
(78 = 28 + 50)
GYRATOR
(78 = 28 + 50)
OUTPRAY
(78 = 28 + 50)
OUTPRAY
(78 = 28 + 50)
PORTRAY
(78 = 28 + 50)
OUTPRAY
(78 = 28 + 50)
PORTRAY
(78 = 28 + 50)
PORTRAY
(78 = 28 + 50)
GRAYOUT
(78 = 28 + 50)
PORTRAY
(78 = 28 + 50)
PROTURA
(77 = 27 + 50)
PORTRAY
(76 = 26 + 50)
GRAYOUT
(76 = 26 + 50)
PORTRAY
(76 = 26 + 50)
PROTURA
(76 = 26 + 50)
PORTRAY
(76 = 26 + 50)
PORTRAY
(76 = 26 + 50)
OUTPRAY
(76 = 26 + 50)
OUTPRAY
(76 = 26 + 50)
GRAYOUT
(76 = 26 + 50)
GYRATOR
(76 = 26 + 50)
GYRATOR
(76 = 26 + 50)
GRAYOUT
(76 = 26 + 50)
GRAYOUT
(76 = 26 + 50)
GRAYOUT
(76 = 26 + 50)
OUTPRAY
(76 = 26 + 50)
GYRATOR
(76 = 26 + 50)
GYRATOR
(76 = 26 + 50)
GYRATOR
(76 = 26 + 50)
OUTPRAY
(76 = 26 + 50)
OUTPRAY
(76 = 26 + 50)
GRAYOUT
(76 = 26 + 50)
OUTPRAY
(76 = 26 + 50)
GYRATOR
(76 = 26 + 50)
GRAYOUT
(76 = 26 + 50)
GRAYOUT
(74 = 24 + 50)
GYRATOR
(74 = 24 + 50)
GYRATOR
(74 = 24 + 50)
GRAYOUT
(74 = 24 + 50)
GYRATOR
(74 = 24 + 50)
GRAYOUT
(74 = 24 + 50)
OUTPRAY
(74 = 24 + 50)
GYRATOR
(74 = 24 + 50)
PORTRAY
(74 = 24 + 50)
OUTPRAY
(74 = 24 + 50)
GRAYOUT
(74 = 24 + 50)
OUTPRAY
(74 = 24 + 50)
OUTPRAY
(74 = 24 + 50)
PORTRAY
(74 = 24 + 50)
GRAYOUT
(74 = 24 + 50)
OUTPRAY
(74 = 24 + 50)
PORTRAY
(74 = 24 + 50)
GRAYOUT
(74 = 24 + 50)
PORTRAY
(74 = 24 + 50)
GYRATOR
(74 = 24 + 50)
PORTRAY
(74 = 24 + 50)
PROTURA
(74 = 24 + 50)
PROTURA
(74 = 24 + 50)
GRAYOUT
(72 = 22 + 50)
PROTURA
(72 = 22 + 50)
PROTURA
(72 = 22 + 50)
GYRATOR
(72 = 22 + 50)
PROTURA
(72 = 22 + 50)
PROTURA
(72 = 22 + 50)
GYRATOR
(72 = 22 + 50)
GYRATOR
(72 = 22 + 50)
PORTRAY
(72 = 22 + 50)
OUTPRAY
(72 = 22 + 50)
GRAYOUT
(72 = 22 + 50)
GRAYOUT
(72 = 22 + 50)
GYRATOR
(72 = 22 + 50)
GYRATOR
(72 = 22 + 50)
GRAYOUT
(72 = 22 + 50)
GRAYOUT
(72 = 22 + 50)
PROTURA
(72 = 22 + 50)
GYRATOR
(71 = 21 + 50)
PORTRAY
(70 = 20 + 50)
PORTRAY
(70 = 20 + 50)
PROTURA
(70 = 20 + 50)
PROTURA
(70 = 20 + 50)
PORTRAY
(70 = 20 + 50)
PROTURA
(70 = 20 + 50)
PROTURA
(70 = 20 + 50)
PROTURA
(70 = 20 + 50)
PROTURA
(70 = 20 + 50)
GRAYOUT
(69 = 19 + 50)
PROTURA
(68 = 18 + 50)
OUTPRAY
(68 = 18 + 50)
OUTPRAY
(68 = 18 + 50)
PROTURA
(68 = 18 + 50)
PROTURA
(68 = 18 + 50)
PROTURA
(68 = 18 + 50)
PROTURA
(68 = 18 + 50)
OUTPRAY
(68 = 18 + 50)
PORTRAY
(67 = 17 + 50)
PROTURA
(67 = 17 + 50)
GRAYOUT
(67 = 17 + 50)
OUTPRAY
(67 = 17 + 50)
GYRATOR
(67 = 17 + 50)
PORTRAY
(66 = 16 + 50)
OUTPRAY
(66 = 16 + 50)
GYRATOR
(66 = 16 + 50)
PORTRAY
(66 = 16 + 50)
GRAYOUT
(66 = 16 + 50)
OUTPRAY
(66 = 16 + 50)
GRAYOUT
(66 = 16 + 50)
PURGATORY
(66)
OUTPRAY
(66 = 16 + 50)
GYRATOR
(66 = 16 + 50)
OUTPRAY
(66 = 16 + 50)
GRAYOUT
(65 = 15 + 50)
GRAYOUT
(65 = 15 + 50)
GYRATOR
(65 = 15 + 50)
GYRATOR
(65 = 15 + 50)
GYRATOR
(65 = 15 + 50)
GRAYOUT
(65 = 15 + 50)
GRAYOUT
(65 = 15 + 50)
OUTPRAY
(65 = 15 + 50)
GRAYOUT
(65 = 15 + 50)
GYRATOR
(64 = 14 + 50)
OUTPRAY
(64 = 14 + 50)
PORTRAY
(64 = 14 + 50)
PORTRAY
(64 = 14 + 50)
PROTURA
(64 = 14 + 50)
PORTRAY
(64 = 14 + 50)
PORTRAY
(64 = 14 + 50)
OUTPRAY
(64 = 14 + 50)
GRAYOUT
(64 = 14 + 50)
PROTURA
(64 = 14 + 50)
PORTRAY
(64 = 14 + 50)
PURGATORY
(64)
OUTPRAY
(64 = 14 + 50)
GRAYOUT
(63 = 13 + 50)
GYRATOR
(63 = 13 + 50)
GYRATOR
(63 = 13 + 50)

purgatory in Words With Friends™

The word purgatory 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: 17

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

PURGATORY
(225)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (5 words)

grayout, gyrator, outpray, portray, protura

 

All Words With Friends™ Plays For The Word purgatory

PURGATORY
(225)
PURGATORY
(138)
PURGATORY
(114)
PURGATORY
(84)
PURGATORY
(81)
PURGATORY
(81)
PURGATORY
(80)
PURGATORY
(76)
PURGATORY
(75)
PURGATORY
(72)
PURGATORY
(68)
PURGATORY
(68)
PURGATORY
(63)
PURGATORY
(63)
PURGATORY
(63)
PURGATORY
(62)
PURGATORY
(54)
PURGATORY
(50)
PURGATORY
(46)
PURGATORY
(42)
PURGATORY
(38)
PURGATORY
(38)
PURGATORY
(38)
PURGATORY
(38)
PURGATORY
(36)
PURGATORY
(36)
PURGATORY
(34)
PURGATORY
(34)
PURGATORY
(34)
PURGATORY
(34)
PURGATORY
(34)
PURGATORY
(34)
PURGATORY
(26)
PURGATORY
(25)
PURGATORY
(24)
PURGATORY
(24)
PURGATORY
(23)
PURGATORY
(23)
PURGATORY
(23)
PURGATORY
(23)
PURGATORY
(22)
PURGATORY
(22)
PURGATORY
(22)
PURGATORY
(21)
PURGATORY
(21)
PURGATORY
(21)
PURGATORY
(21)
PURGATORY
(21)
PURGATORY
(20)
PURGATORY
(20)
PURGATORY
(20)
PURGATORY
(19)
PURGATORY
(18)

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

PURGATORY
(225)
PURGATORY
(138)
PURGATORY
(114)
OUTPRAY
(110 = 75 + 35)
OUTPRAY
(104 = 69 + 35)
PORTRAY
(101 = 66 + 35)
GRAYOUT
(101 = 66 + 35)
OUTPRAY
(98 = 63 + 35)
OUTPRAY
(98 = 63 + 35)
OUTPRAY
(98 = 63 + 35)
PROTURA
(98 = 63 + 35)
GRAYOUT
(95 = 60 + 35)
PORTRAY
(95 = 60 + 35)
GRAYOUT
(95 = 60 + 35)
PORTRAY
(95 = 60 + 35)
GYRATOR
(92 = 57 + 35)
GYRATOR
(92 = 57 + 35)
OUTPRAY
(92 = 57 + 35)
PROTURA
(92 = 57 + 35)
GRAYOUT
(89 = 54 + 35)
PORTRAY
(89 = 54 + 35)
GRAYOUT
(89 = 54 + 35)
GRAYOUT
(89 = 54 + 35)
OUTPRAY
(87 = 52 + 35)
OUTPRAY
(87 = 52 + 35)
OUTPRAY
(87 = 52 + 35)
PROTURA
(86 = 51 + 35)
OUTPRAY
(86 = 51 + 35)
GYRATOR
(86 = 51 + 35)
GYRATOR
(86 = 51 + 35)
OUTPRAY
(86 = 51 + 35)
PURGATORY
(84)
GRAYOUT
(83 = 48 + 35)
GRAYOUT
(83 = 48 + 35)
GRAYOUT
(83 = 48 + 35)
PORTRAY
(83 = 48 + 35)
PORTRAY
(83 = 48 + 35)
PORTRAY
(83 = 48 + 35)
GRAYOUT
(83 = 48 + 35)
PORTRAY
(83 = 48 + 35)
PORTRAY
(83 = 48 + 35)
GRAYOUT
(83 = 48 + 35)
PURGATORY
(81)
PURGATORY
(81)
GYRATOR
(80 = 45 + 35)
PROTURA
(80 = 45 + 35)
GYRATOR
(80 = 45 + 35)
PURGATORY
(80)
OUTPRAY
(80 = 45 + 35)
OUTPRAY
(80 = 45 + 35)
PROTURA
(80 = 45 + 35)
GYRATOR
(79 = 44 + 35)
PROTURA
(79 = 44 + 35)
GYRATOR
(79 = 44 + 35)
GYRATOR
(79 = 44 + 35)
PROTURA
(79 = 44 + 35)
PROTURA
(79 = 44 + 35)
PAYOUT
(78)
PORTRAY
(77 = 42 + 35)
PORTRAY
(77 = 42 + 35)
PORTRAY
(77 = 42 + 35)
PORTRAY
(77 = 42 + 35)
GRAYOUT
(77 = 42 + 35)
GRAYOUT
(77 = 42 + 35)
PURGATORY
(76)
PORTRAY
(75 = 40 + 35)
PURGATORY
(75)
PROTURA
(74 = 39 + 35)
GYRATOR
(74 = 39 + 35)
GYRATOR
(74 = 39 + 35)
PROTURA
(74 = 39 + 35)
GYRATOR
(74 = 39 + 35)
PROTURA
(74 = 39 + 35)
PROTURA
(74 = 39 + 35)
GYRATOR
(74 = 39 + 35)
PROTURA
(74 = 39 + 35)
PROTURA
(73 = 38 + 35)
OUTPRAY
(73 = 38 + 35)
PURGATORY
(72)
GRAYOUT
(71 = 36 + 35)
PORTRAY
(71 = 36 + 35)
GYRATOR
(69 = 34 + 35)
GYRATOR
(69 = 34 + 35)
YOGURT
(69)
OUTPRAY
(69 = 34 + 35)
PURGATORY
(68)
PURGATORY
(68)
OUTPRAY
(67 = 32 + 35)
PORTRAY
(67 = 32 + 35)
GRAYOUT
(67 = 32 + 35)
PROTURA
(65 = 30 + 35)
OUTPRAY
(65 = 30 + 35)
OUTPRAY
(65 = 30 + 35)
PORTRAY
(65 = 30 + 35)
OUTPRAY
(65 = 30 + 35)
OUTPRAY
(65 = 30 + 35)
PROTURA
(65 = 30 + 35)
GRAYOUT
(65 = 30 + 35)
OUTPRAY
(65 = 30 + 35)
PORTRAY
(63 = 28 + 35)
PURGATORY
(63)
PORTRAY
(63 = 28 + 35)
GRAYOUT
(63 = 28 + 35)
GRAYOUT
(63 = 28 + 35)
PORTRAY
(63 = 28 + 35)
RAGTOP
(63)
GRAYOUT
(63 = 28 + 35)
OUTPRAY
(63 = 28 + 35)
GYRATOR
(63 = 28 + 35)
GYRATOR
(63 = 28 + 35)
PORTRAY
(63 = 28 + 35)
PURGATORY
(63)
PURGATORY
(63)
GRAYOUT
(63 = 28 + 35)
GRAYOUT
(63 = 28 + 35)
OUTPRAY
(63 = 28 + 35)
OUTPRAY
(63 = 28 + 35)
OUTPRAY
(63 = 28 + 35)
PURGATORY
(62)
PROTURA
(61 = 26 + 35)
PORTRAY
(61 = 26 + 35)
PROTURA
(61 = 26 + 35)
PROTURA
(61 = 26 + 35)
PROTURA
(61 = 26 + 35)
PROTURA
(61 = 26 + 35)
PORTRAY
(61 = 26 + 35)
OUTPRAY
(61 = 26 + 35)
GYRATOR
(61 = 26 + 35)
GYRATOR
(61 = 26 + 35)
GYRATOR
(61 = 26 + 35)
PORTRAY
(61 = 26 + 35)
GRAYOUT
(61 = 26 + 35)
GYRATOR
(61 = 26 + 35)
OUTPRAY
(61 = 26 + 35)
OUTPRAY
(61 = 26 + 35)
OUTPRAY
(61 = 26 + 35)
GRAYOUT
(61 = 26 + 35)
OUTPRAY
(61 = 26 + 35)
OUTPRAY
(61 = 26 + 35)
OUTPRAY
(61 = 26 + 35)
GRAYOUT
(61 = 26 + 35)
GRAYOUT
(61 = 26 + 35)
PORTRAY
(61 = 26 + 35)
OUTRAP
(60)
PAYOUT
(60)
GRAYOUT
(59 = 24 + 35)
GRAYOUT
(59 = 24 + 35)
GRAYOUT
(59 = 24 + 35)
GRAYOUT
(59 = 24 + 35)
GRAYOUT
(59 = 24 + 35)
GRAYOUT
(59 = 24 + 35)
PROTURA
(59 = 24 + 35)
GYRATOR
(59 = 24 + 35)
GRAYOUT
(59 = 24 + 35)
GYRATOR
(59 = 24 + 35)
GYRATOR
(59 = 24 + 35)
PROTURA
(59 = 24 + 35)
GYRATOR
(59 = 24 + 35)
PROTURA
(59 = 24 + 35)
PORTRAY
(59 = 24 + 35)
PORTRAY
(59 = 24 + 35)
PORTRAY
(59 = 24 + 35)
PORTRAY
(59 = 24 + 35)
PORTRAY
(59 = 24 + 35)
PORTRAY
(59 = 24 + 35)
PROTURA
(59 = 24 + 35)
PORTRAY
(59 = 24 + 35)
PROTURA
(58 = 23 + 35)
GYRATOR
(57 = 22 + 35)
RAGTOP
(57)
GYRATOR
(57 = 22 + 35)
PROTURA
(57 = 22 + 35)
PROTURA
(57 = 22 + 35)
GYRATOR
(57 = 22 + 35)
PARROT
(57)
GYRATOR
(57 = 22 + 35)
PROTURA
(57 = 22 + 35)
PORTRAY
(57 = 22 + 35)
PROTURA
(57 = 22 + 35)
PROTURA
(57 = 22 + 35)
GYRATOR
(57 = 22 + 35)
GYRATOR
(57 = 22 + 35)
GYRATOR
(57 = 22 + 35)
RAGTOP
(57)
POUTY
(57)
RAPTOR
(57)
GROUP
(57)
PROTURA
(57 = 22 + 35)
PROTURA
(57 = 22 + 35)
OUTPRAY
(56 = 21 + 35)
PROTURA
(56 = 21 + 35)
OUTPRAY
(56 = 21 + 35)
PORTRAY
(56 = 21 + 35)
PORTRAY
(55 = 20 + 35)
OUTPRAY
(55 = 20 + 35)
GRAYOUT
(55 = 20 + 35)
OUTPRAY
(55 = 20 + 35)
PORTRAY
(55 = 20 + 35)
PORTRAY
(55 = 20 + 35)
OUTRAP
(54)

Words within the letters of purgatory

2 letter words in purgatory (11 words)

5 letter words in purgatory (11 words)

7 letter words in purgatory (5 words)

9 letter words in purgatory (1 word)

purgatory + 2 blanks (1 word)

Words containing the sequence purgatory

Words that start with purgatory (1 word)

Words with purgatory in them (1 word)

Words that end with purgatory (2 words)

Word Growth involving purgatory

Shorter words in purgatory

at gator

or gator

to gator

Longer words containing purgatory

expurgatory