Definitions for the word, purse

(n.) A small bag or pouch, the opening of which is made to draw together closely, used to carry money in; by extension, any receptacle for money carried on the person; a wallet; a pocketbook; a portemonnaie.

(n.) A specific sum of money

(n.) A sum of money offered as a prize, or collected as a present; as, to win the purse; to make up a purse.

(n.) Hence, a treasury; finances; as, the public purse.

(n.) In Persia, the sum of 50 tomans.

(n.) In Turkey, the sum of 500 piasters.

(v. i.) To steal purses; to rob.

(v. t.) To draw up or contract into folds or wrinkles, like the mouth of a purse; to pucker; to knit.

(v. t.) To put into a purse.


34 words found in the Scrabble word, purse



Scrabble letter values
A is 1 points
B is 3 points
C is 3 points
D is 2 points
E is 1 points
F is 4 points
G is 2 points
H is 4 points
I is 1 points
J is 8 points
K is 5 points
L is 1 points
M is 3 points
N is 1 points
O is 1 points
P is 3 points
Q is 10 points
R is 1 points
S is 1 points
T is 1 points
U is 1 points
V is 4 points
W is 4 points
X is 8 points
Y is 4 points
Z is 10 points



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