MURINE is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. MURINE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept MURINE?
| 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 MURINE is to know. It scores 8 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for MURINE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
murinesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How MURINE scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in MURINE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| m | 1 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 38,325.
What does MURINE mean in Scrabble?
adjective
medicaltechnical
Relating to or characteristic of rodents of the family Muridae, especially mice and rats.
Scientists use murine to describe anything connected with mice, rats, and their many relatives, from murine genetics to murine behavior in a laboratory study. The word appears constantly in medical and biological research because mice and rats, both murine animals, are the most common test subjects for studying disease and treatment. A murine model, for example, is an experiment carried out in mice or rats meant to shed light on a similar process in humans. The related noun murid names an individual animal of the same family, while murine describes qualities or things belonging to it.
How MURINE is used
A technical adjective used heavily in biology and medicine, especially in phrases like murine model or murine virus.
- The vaccine was first tested in a murine model before human trials began.
- Researchers compared murine and human immune responses.
- The lab kept a colony of mice for its murine studies.
- Murine typhus is spread to humans through fleas carried by rats.
- The paper described the murine gene responsible for the trait.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of MURINE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of MURINE
The 6 tiles of MURINE in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with MURINE
1 longer words begin with MURINE.
Shorter words from the letters in MURINE
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Common questions about MURINE
- Is MURINE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts MURINE, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is MURINE worth?
- MURINE is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does MURINE mean?
- Relating to or characteristic of rodents of the family Muridae, especially mice and rats.
- What letters can be added to MURINE?
- MURINE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of MURINE:
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