MORGUE is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. MORGUE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept MORGUE?
| 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: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful MORGUE is to know. It scores 9 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for MORGUE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
morguesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How MORGUE scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in MORGUE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| m | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 86,231.
What does MORGUE mean in Scrabble?
noun
A place where dead bodies are kept until they are identified, claimed or buried; also, a newspaper's file of past stories and prepared obituaries.
The word was first used in Paris for a building where unidentified bodies were displayed so that relatives might recognise them. In English it covers any mortuary in a hospital or a police system. Journalists use it for the archive of clippings and ready-written obituaries kept by a newspaper, and in everyday speech a very quiet, gloomy place is called a morgue.
How MORGUE is used
Common in news, crime fiction and informal comparisons for a dull, silent place.
- The police took the body to the city morgue.
- A reporter searched the newspaper morgue for old photographs.
- The office was as quiet as a morgue.
- She worked a night shift in the hospital morgue.
- The editor asked for the notice to be pulled from the morgue.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of MORGUE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with MORGUE
1 longer words begin with MORGUE.
Shorter words from the letters in MORGUE
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Common questions about MORGUE
- Is MORGUE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts MORGUE, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is MORGUE worth?
- MORGUE is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does MORGUE mean?
- A place where dead bodies are kept until they are identified, claimed or buried; also, a newspaper's file of past stories and prepared obituaries.
- What letters can be added to MORGUE?
- MORGUE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of MORGUE:
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