pure
ADJECTIVE
/pjʊr/
4 LETTERS · 3 SYLLABLES · STARTS WITH P
pure is a valid 4-letter word worth 6 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
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WORDS WITH FRIENDS
P3U1R1E1
3 + 1 + 1 + 1 =6 PTS
DOUBLE WORD → 12TRIPLE WORD → 18
MEANING
What does pure mean?
ADJECTIVE · 7 SENSES
1
Without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers.
“pure folly”
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2
In a state of sexual virginity.
“pure and vestal modesty”
“men have decreed that their women must be pure and virginal”
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3
(of color) being chromatically pure; not diluted with white or grey or black.
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4
Concerned with theory and data rather than practice; opposed to applied.
“pure science”
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5
Free from discordant qualities.
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6
Free of extraneous elements of any kind.
“pure air and water”
“pure gold”
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(used of persons or behaviors) having no faults; sinless.
“I felt pure and sweet as a new baby”
“pure as the driven snow”
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