MURA is a valid Scrabble word — 6 points
Yes. MURA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 6 points in Scrabble and 8 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept MURA?
| 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: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful MURA is to know. It scores 6 from 4 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 5.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for MURA
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How MURA scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in MURA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| m | 1 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 9,077.
What stands out about MURA
- The same 4 tiles also spell 2 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does MURA mean in Scrabble?
noun
rare
A village in Japan, or the rural administrative division corresponding to such a community.
A mura is the smallest unit of local organization in the Japanese countryside, roughly equivalent to a village or hamlet along with the land and people governed as part of it. The word is a direct borrowing from Japanese and appears in English mainly in writing about Japan.
How MURA is used
Rare in general English; found chiefly in writing about Japanese geography and administration.
- The old mura had fewer than two hundred residents.
- Each mura once managed its own rice fields and shrine.
- They researched how a mura differed from a larger town.
- The map still marked the borders of the former mura.
- Life in a mura centered on the rhythm of the farming year.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of MURA and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of MURA
The 4 tiles of MURA in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with MURA
13 longer words begin with MURA.
Words with MURA inside
12 words contain MURA in the middle. Words that start with MURA are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in MURA
Common questions about MURA
- Is MURA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts MURA, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is MURA worth?
- MURA is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does MURA mean?
- A village in Japan, or the rural administrative division corresponding to such a community.
- What letters can be added to MURA?
- MURA takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of MURA:
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