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There are 17 eight-letter words containing PURS

CUTPURSE	• cutpurse n. A thief who steals from others’ purses or pockets in public. • cut-purse n. Alternative spelling of cutpurse. • CUTPURSE n. (historical) a person who stole by slitting purses worn at the belt.
DISPURSE	• dispurse v. Obsolete form of disburse. • DISPURSE v. (Shakespeare) to disburse.
HOTSPURS	• hotspurs n. Plural of hotspur. • HOTSPUR n. a rash, hotheaded man.
JODHPURS	• jodhpurs n. Flared riding trousers of heavy cloth, fitting tightly from knee to ankle. • JODHPUR n. (Hindi) usually in plural, long riding-breeches, wide around the hips but close-fitting from knee to ankle.
PURSEFUL	• purseful n. As much as a purse can hold. • PURSEFUL n. enough to fill a purse.
PURSEWED	• pursewed v. Simple past tense and past participle of pursew. • PURSEW v. (Spenser) to pursue, also PERSUE, POURSEW, POURSUE.
PURSIEST	• pursiest adj. Superlative form of pursy: most pursy. • PURSY adj. short of breath.
PURSLAIN	• purslain n. (Archaic) Alternative form of purslane. • PURSLAIN n. a pot herb and salad herb, also PERSELINE, PURSLANE.
PURSLANE	• purslane n. Any of the family Portulacaceae (order Caryophyllales) of succulent plants. • purslane n. Other similar plants in other families in order Caryophyllales. • PURSLANE n. a pot herb and salad herb, also PERSELINE, PURSLAIN.
PURSUALS	• pursuals n. Plural of pursual. • PURSUAL n. the act of pursuit.
PURSUANT	• pursuant adj. In conformance to, or in agreement with. • pursuant adv. Accordingly; consequently. • PURSUANT adj. acting in consequence or in prosecution (of anything).
PURSUERS	• pursuers n. Plural of pursuer. • PURSUER n. one that pursues.
PURSUING	• pursuing v. Present participle of pursue. • pursuing n. Pursuit. • PURSUING adj. following.
PURSUITS	• pursuits n. Plural of pursuit. • PURSUIT n. the act of pursuing, also POURSUIT.
REPURSUE	• repursue v. To pursue again. • REPURSUE v. to pursue again.
UNPURSED	• unpursed v. Simple past tense and past participle of unpurse. • unpursed adj. Not pursed. • UNPURSE v. to relax the lips from a pursed state.
UNPURSES	• unpurses v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of unpurse. • UNPURSE v. to relax the lips from a pursed state.

Scrabble words — in black are valid world wide — in RED are not valid in North America — in GREEN are valid only in North America.
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Scrabble in Romanian: 2 words

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