MURDER is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. MURDER is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept MURDER?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful MURDER is to know. It scores 9 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for MURDER
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
murdersChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How MURDER scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in MURDER, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| m | 1 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| r | 2 | 6 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 206,954.
What does MURDER mean in Scrabble?
noun
The deliberate and unlawful killing of one person by another.
Murder is the most serious kind of homicide in most legal systems, set apart from accidental death or killing in self-defence by the intent to kill. The word is very old and goes back to Old English, and it is just as common in crime fiction and news reports as in courtrooms. In speech it also turns up as an exaggeration, as when someone says the traffic was murder.
How MURDER is used
Used literally in law and news, and loosely for anything very hard or unpleasant.
- The detective was sure the death was murder and not an accident.
- He was tried for murder after the body was found.
- Parking in the old town is murder on a Saturday.
- The novel opens with a murder in a quiet village.
- A single murder can occupy a whole police force for months.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of MURDER and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with MURDER
16 longer words begin with MURDER.
Shorter words from the letters in MURDER
Showing 40 of 43. See all in the Word Finder
Common questions about MURDER
- Is MURDER valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts MURDER, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is MURDER worth?
- MURDER is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does MURDER mean?
- The deliberate and unlawful killing of one person by another.
- What letters can be added to MURDER?
- MURDER takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of MURDER:
Open MURDER in the Word Finder