Definitions For Murex

Noun

MUREX (plural es or murices) Any of the genus murex of marine gastropods.

Etymology

From "sea mussel", from μῦς.Rich, The Illustrated Companion to the Latin Dictionary and Greek Lexicon: Forming a Glossary of All the Words Representing Visible Objects Connected with the Arts, Manufactures, and Every-day Life of the Greeks and Romans, with Representations of Nearly Two Thousand Objects from the Antique

Translations

Japanese: ミューレックス (myūrekkusu), 骨貝 (ほねがい, honegai)

Anagrams

muxer, rumex

Is Murex a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends YES
Scrabble US YES
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) YES
Scrabble Global YES
Enable1 Dictionary YES

Points in Different Games

Scrabble
14
Words with Friends
16

The word Murex is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends

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