MURRA is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. MURRA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 7 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept MURRA?
| 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: 35 / 100
Our own measure of how useful MURRA is to know. It scores 7 from 5 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 5.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for MURRA
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How MURRA scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in MURRA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| m | 1 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| r | 2 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 69,711.
What does MURRA mean in Scrabble?
noun
historical
A prized substance, probably a form of fluorspar, used by the ancient Romans to make fine decorative cups and vases.
Murra, also spelled murrha, named a rare and costly material carved into small, richly coloured vessels admired by wealthy Romans, who sometimes paid huge sums for a single cup. Its exact identity is still debated among historians, though fluorspar, a banded mineral, is the most widely accepted guess. The related adjective murrhine describes objects made from this material.
How MURRA is used
Historical term from Roman antiquity, used mainly in writing about ancient art and luxury goods.
- Wealthy Romans competed to own cups carved from murra.
- Historians still argue over what mineral the ancients called murra.
- The museum case displayed a fragment believed to be murra.
- A vase of murra could cost more than a house in ancient Rome.
- Traders brought murra from the East along with other luxuries.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of MURRA and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with MURRA
10 longer words begin with MURRA.
Words with MURRA inside
5 words contain MURRA in the middle. Words that start with MURRA are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in MURRA
Common questions about MURRA
- Is MURRA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts MURRA, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is MURRA worth?
- MURRA is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does MURRA mean?
- A prized substance, probably a form of fluorspar, used by the ancient Romans to make fine decorative cups and vases.
- What letters can be added to MURRA?
- MURRA takes 3 hooks: 0 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of MURRA:
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