pure: meaning and words from its letters
4 letters · 6 letter points · starts with P · ends with E
Meaning of pure
adj
Free of flaws or imperfections; unsullied.
Free of foreign material or pollutants.
Free of immoral behavior or qualities; clean.
Mere; that and that only.
Example: That idea is pure madness!
Listed forms: purer, purest.
Source: Wiktionary — pure.
adv
- Scotland, not-comparable
to a great extent or degree; extremely; exceedingly.
Example: You’re pure busy.
Source: Wiktionary — pure.
verb
To hit (the ball) completely cleanly and accurately.
Example: Tiger Woods pured his first drive straight down the middle of the fairway.
- obsolete, transitive
To cleanse; to refine.
Listed forms: pures, puring, pured.
Source: Wiktionary — pure.
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Synonyms by meaning
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adjective
without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers
adjective
(of color) being chromatically pure; not diluted with white or grey or black
adjective
in a state of sexual virginity
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is pure in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
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| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of pure
P(3) + U(1) + R(1) + E(1) = 6 points.
This is a sum of letter values without board bonuses or word multipliers. A blank tile is worth zero: subtract the value of each letter supplied by a blank. The score does not establish game validity. Full letter-value table.
Anagrams of pure
0 other standard-list words use exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
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Shorter words from pure
8 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in pure. Showing up to 24, longest first.