MURAGE is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. MURAGE 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 MURAGE?
| 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 MURAGE is to know. It scores 9 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for MURAGE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
muragesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How MURAGE scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in MURAGE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| m | 1 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 76,649.
What stands out about MURAGE
- The same 6 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 MURAGE mean in Scrabble?
noun
historical
A tax or toll collected to pay for building or repairing the walls of a town.
In medieval England a town could be granted the right to charge murage on goods passing through its gates, and the money was spent on the town walls. The word comes from the Latin murus, meaning a wall. It is now met almost only in histories of towns and in the charters that created such tolls.
How MURAGE is used
Historical term; used when discussing medieval town finances and royal grants.
- The king granted the borough murage for seven years.
- Merchants grumbled about the murage they paid at the east gate.
- A murage roll lists the goods that were taxed.
- Without murage the crumbling wall would never have been mended.
- Historians trace the cost of the defences through the murage accounts.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of MURAGE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of MURAGE
The 6 tiles of MURAGE in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with MURAGE
1 longer words begin with MURAGE.
Shorter words from the letters in MURAGE
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Common questions about MURAGE
- Is MURAGE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts MURAGE, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is MURAGE worth?
- MURAGE is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does MURAGE mean?
- A tax or toll collected to pay for building or repairing the walls of a town.
- What letters can be added to MURAGE?
- MURAGE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of MURAGE:
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