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perplex

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Is perplex a Scrabble word?

Yes, perplex is a valid Scrabble word! Worth 18 points in Scrabble.

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  • Scrabble US/Canada (OTCWL) Yes
  • Scrabble UK (SOWPODS) Yes
  • Wordle No
  • Words With Friends Yes

What is the meaning of perplex?

Definition

verb (English)

1. (transitive) To cause to feel baffled; to puzzle.transitive

2. (transitive) To involve; to entangle; to make intricate or complicated.Examples: "What was thought obscure, perplexed, and too hard for our weak parts, will lie open to the understanding in a fair view."; "The Ways of Heav’n are dark and intricate, Puzzled in Mazes, and perplext with Errors; Our Underſtanding traces ’em in vain, Loſt and bewilder’d in the fruitleſs Search; […]"transitive

3. (transitive, obsolete) To plague; to vex; to torment.Examples: "Chloe's the wonder of her sex, 'Tis well her heart is tender, How might such killing eyes perplex, With virtue to defend her."; "All night no ruder air perplex ⁠Thy sliding keel, till Phosphor, bright ⁠As our pure love, thro’ early light Shall glimmer on the dewy decks."obsoletetransitive

adj (English)

1. (now rare) intricate; difficultExamples: "How the soul directs the spirits for the motion of the body, according to the several animal exigents, is as perplex in the Theory, as either of the former."; "Finally, I explore possible audience interpretations of the film and offer some alternative reading strategies of these highly perplex sketches."archaic

noun (English)

1. (obsolete) A difficulty.obsolete

Definition source: Wiktionary

What Scrabble words can I make with the letters in "perplex"?

How many Scrabble points is the word "perplex"?

Scrabble
18 points
P3
E1
R1
P3
L1
E1
X8
Words With Friends
21 points
P4
E1
R1
P4
L2
E1
X8

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