purlieu

purlieu is a 7-letter English word with 3 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Originally, the ground near a royal forest, which, having been unlawfully added to the forest, was afterwards severed from it, and disafforested so as to remit to the former owners their rights. Face value is 9 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

7 letters · Scrabble 9 · Words With Friends 13 · 3 senses

Definitions

1. noun. Originally, the ground near a royal forest, which, having been unlawfully added to the forest, was afterwards severed from it, and disafforested so as to remit to the former owners their rights.
2. noun. Hence, the outer portion of any place; an adjacent district; environs; neighborhood.
3. noun. an outer adjacent area of any place

   Synonyms: environs

Synonyms

environs

Common word forms

purlieus

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