MEDUSA is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. MEDUSA 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 MEDUSA?
| 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: 40 / 100
Our own measure of how useful MEDUSA is to know. It scores 9 from 6 tiles, takes 4 hooks, and its letters make up 5.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for MEDUSA
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How MEDUSA scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in MEDUSA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| m | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 86,231.
What does MEDUSA mean in Scrabble?
noun
zoology
A jellyfish, or the free-swimming bell-shaped stage in the life of a jellyfish and its relatives.
Many of these animals pass through a fixed polyp stage on the seabed and a drifting medusa stage in open water, and the medusa is the one that releases eggs or sperm. The name was borrowed by zoologists from the Gorgon of Greek myth because the trailing tentacles resemble snaky hair. The plural is either medusas or medusae.
How MEDUSA is used
A scientific term; ordinary speech simply says jellyfish.
- A small medusa drifted past the dock in the clear water.
- The medusa pulses its bell to move forward.
- Biologists studied the medusa under a microscope.
- Each medusa has tentacles that trail beneath the bell.
- In spring the polyp releases a new medusa into the sea.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of MEDUSA and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of MEDUSA
The 6 tiles of MEDUSA in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with MEDUSA
5 longer words begin with MEDUSA.
Shorter words from the letters in MEDUSA
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Common questions about MEDUSA
- Is MEDUSA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts MEDUSA, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is MEDUSA worth?
- MEDUSA is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does MEDUSA mean?
- A jellyfish, or the free-swimming bell-shaped stage in the life of a jellyfish and its relatives.
- What letters can be added to MEDUSA?
- MEDUSA takes 4 hooks: 0 in front and 4 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of MEDUSA:
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