MURVA is valid in Collins, not in North America — 10 points
It depends on the list you play by. MURVA is in Collins, used in the UK and most of the world, but it is not in the North American lists — so in a US or Canadian game an opponent can challenge it off the board. Worth 10 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept MURVA?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Not listed |
Word power: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful MURVA is to know. It scores 10 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for MURVA
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
murvasChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How MURVA scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in MURVA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| m | 1 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| v | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 87,138.
What does MURVA mean in Scrabble?
noun
botany
A plant of the genus Sansevieria, known in English as bowstring hemp, whose tough leaf fibre is used for cordage and matting.
Murva, also spelled moorva, names a fibrous plant grown chiefly in India, where its long, stiff leaves yield a strong fibre once twisted into bowstrings, ropes and coarse cloth. The plant belongs to the same family as other bowstring hemps grown across South and Southeast Asia for the same purpose. Murva appears mainly in botanical glossaries and older accounts of Indian plant fibres rather than in everyday speech.
How MURVA is used
Technical botanical term, rarely used outside specialist writing.
- Weavers twisted murva fibre into strong cord.
- The murva plant thrives in dry, sandy soil.
- Traders once shipped murva fibre for use in ropes and mats.
- Botanists list murva among the bowstring hemps of India.
- The bowstrings were made from murva rather than from cotton.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of MURVA and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with MURVA
1 longer words begin with MURVA.
Shorter words from the letters in MURVA
Common questions about MURVA
- Is MURVA valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and MURVA is not in it.
- How many points is MURVA worth?
- MURVA is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does MURVA mean?
- A plant of the genus Sansevieria, known in English as bowstring hemp, whose tough leaf fibre is used for cordage and matting.
- What letters can be added to MURVA?
- MURVA takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of MURVA:
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