MURRAIN is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. MURRAIN 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 MURRAIN?
| 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: 49 / 100
Our own measure of how useful MURRAIN is to know. It scores 9 from 7 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for MURRAIN
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
murrainsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How MURRAIN scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in MURRAIN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| m | 1 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| r | 2 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 274,478.
What does MURRAIN mean in Scrabble?
noun
archaic
An infectious and often fatal disease of cattle; more loosely, any plague or blight.
Murrain sounds old because it comes from an age of farming without modern vets. People also used it as a curse, as in a murrain on you, wishing the sufferer a plague.
How MURRAIN is used
Murrain is mostly found in historical writing and in old-fashioned curses.
- A murrain swept through the herd that winter.
- The villagers feared the murrain more than the wolves.
- He cried out a murrain on both their houses.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of MURRAIN and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with MURRAIN
2 longer words begin with MURRAIN.
Shorter words from the letters in MURRAIN
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Common questions about MURRAIN
- Is MURRAIN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts MURRAIN, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is MURRAIN worth?
- MURRAIN is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does MURRAIN mean?
- An infectious and often fatal disease of cattle; more loosely, any plague or blight.
- What letters can be added to MURRAIN?
- MURRAIN takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of MURRAIN:
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