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Is medusa a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word medusa is a Scrabble US word. The word medusa is worth 9 points in Scrabble:

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Is medusa a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word medusa is a Scrabble UK word and has 9 points:

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Yes. The word medusa is a Words With Friends word. The word medusa is worth 11 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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6-letter words (2 found)

AMUSED,MEDUSA,

5-letter words (9 found)

ADSUM,AMUSE,DAMES,DUMAS,MASED,MAUDS,MEADS,MUSED,SEDUM,

4-letter words (28 found)

AMES,AMUS,DAES,DAME,DAMS,DEUS,DUES,DUMA,EAUS,EMUS,MADE,MADS,MAES,MASE,MASU,MAUD,MEAD,MEDS,MESA,MEUS,MUDS,MUSE,SADE,SAME,SEAM,SUED,UMES,USED,

3-letter words (36 found)

ADS,AME,AMU,AUE,DAE,DAM,DAS,DUE,DUM,EAS,EAU,EDS,EMS,EMU,MAD,MAE,MAS,MED,MES,MEU,MUD,MUS,SAD,SAE,SAM,SAU,SEA,SED,SMA,SUD,SUE,SUM,UDS,UME,UMS,USE,

2-letter words (15 found)

AD,AE,AM,AS,DA,DE,EA,ED,EM,ES,MA,ME,MU,UM,US,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 91 words from medusa according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of medusa

medusa

Etymology

Transferative use of Medusa.

Noun

medusa (plural medusas or medusae or medusæ)

  1. (zoology) A jellyfish; specifically, a non-polyp form of individual cnidarians, consisting of a gelatinous umbrella-shaped bell and trailing tentacles. [from 18th c.]
  2. (pathology) Synonym of worm-star

Synonyms

  • (non-polyp form of cnidarian): jelly, jellyfish

Derived terms

  • medusafish
  • medusal
  • medusoid

See also

  • (cnidarian): jellyfish

References

  • Medusa (biology) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • Category:Jellyfish on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Anagrams

  • amused, sea mud

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Medusa.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [məˈðu.zə]
  • IPA(key): (Valencian) [meˈðu.za]

Noun

medusa f (plural meduses)

  1. jellyfish

Galician

Noun

medusa f (plural medusas)

  1. jellyfish, medusa

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /meˈdu.za/
  • Rhymes: -uza
  • Hyphenation: me‧dù‧sa

Noun

medusa f (plural meduse)

  1. (animals) a jellyfish

Derived terms

  • meduseo

Anagrams

  • desuma

Portuguese

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: me‧du‧sa

Noun

medusa f (plural medusas)

  1. (zoology) medusa (non-polyp form of a cnidarian)

Spanish

Etymology

From Medusa.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /meˈdusa/ [meˈð̞u.sa]
  • Rhymes: -usa
  • Syllabification: me‧du‧sa

Noun

medusa f (plural medusas)

  1. jellyfish
    Synonyms: (Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Ecuador, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Southern Spain, Venezuela) aguamala, (Argentina, Southern Spain and Canary Islands, Uruguay) aguaviva, (Peru) malagua, aguamar

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “medusa”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Source: wiktionary.org