MURK is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. MURK is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept MURK?
| 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: 36 / 100
Our own measure of how useful MURK is to know. It scores 10 from 4 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 3.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for MURK
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How MURK scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in MURK, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| m | 1 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 81,692.
What does MURK mean in Scrabble?
noun
Darkness or thick gloom.
Murk came from Old Norse and gives the commoner adjective murky, which is used about water and about motives alike. The noun survives mostly in writing about weather.
How MURK is used
Uncountable; used as a modifier before a noun.
- The murk lifted at about eleven and came back at three.
- The word murk came into English from Old Norse.
- A murk over the whole valley for a week.
- Murky water and murky motives use one adjective.
- The noun murk is rarer than the adjective built on it.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of MURK and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with MURK
14 longer words begin with MURK.
Shorter words from the letters in MURK
Common questions about MURK
- Is MURK valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts MURK, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is MURK worth?
- MURK is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does MURK mean?
- Darkness or thick gloom.
- What letters can be added to MURK?
- MURK takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of MURK:
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