Is PURSUED a valid Scrabble word?
Yes, PURSUED is a valid word in US Scrabble and UK Scrabble, worth 10 points.
Base score before bonus squares; blank tiles score zero.
What does PURSUED mean?
- noun
a person who is being chased
“the film jumped back and forth from the pursuer to the pursued”
- adjective
followed with enmity as if to harm
“running and leaping like a herd of pursued antelopes”
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.
Points
10
Scrabble
13
Words With Friends
7
Letters
P (3) + U (1) + R (1) + S (1) + U (1) + E (1) + D (2) = 10 points in Scrabble.
Dictionary status
- Scrabble (US & Canada)Valid
- Scrabble (UK & worldwide)Valid
- Words With FriendsListed
Scrabble lists: NWL2023 (US & Canada) and CSW24 (UK & worldwide). WWF uses our ENABLE reference plus verified additions. “Listed” and “Not listed” describe that reference; check acceptance in the game. Sources reviewed 2026-10-03.
Hooks for PURSUED
PURSUED has no one-letter front or back hooks in US Scrabble. Adding a single letter to either end does not make another word in that list.
Front hooks0
None — nothing can be added to the front.
Back hooks0
None — nothing can be added to the end.
Anagrams of PURSUED
Words that use exactly the same letters.
Words you can make from PURSUED
The 60 highest-scoring words using these letters.
- pudeurs10
- usurped10
- drupes9
- dupers9
- perdus9
- prudes9
- pudeur9
- pursed9
- pursue8
- drupe8
- duper8
- dupes8
- perdu8
- prude8
- pseud8
- pudus8
- spued8
- urped8
- purse7
- sprue7
- super7
- usurp7
- deps7
- dupe7
- dups7
- peds7
- puds7
- pudu7
- sped7
- spud7
- druse6
- dures6
- pure6
- purs6
- reps6
- spue6
- spur6
- supe6
- urps6
- dep6
- dup6
- ped6
- pud6
- dues5
- dure5
- reds5
- rude5
- rued5
- sued5
- surd5
- urds5
- used5
- per5
- pes5
- pur5
- pus5
- rep5
- sup5
- ups5
- urp5
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