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Is morgue a Scrabble word?

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

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Is morgue a Scrabble UK word?

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

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6-letter words (1 found)

MORGUE,

5-letter words (6 found)

ERUGO,GOMER,GRUME,ORGUE,ROGUE,ROUGE,

4-letter words (21 found)

ERGO,EURO,GERM,GEUM,GOER,GORE,GORM,GRUE,GRUM,MEOU,MOER,MORE,MOUE,MURE,OGRE,OMER,REGO,ROUE,ROUM,RUME,URGE,

3-letter words (33 found)

EGO,EMO,EMU,ERG,ERM,GEM,GEO,GER,GOE,GOR,GUE,GUM,GUR,MEG,MEU,MOE,MOG,MOR,MOU,MUG,ORE,ORG,OUR,REG,REM,REO,ROE,ROM,RUE,RUG,RUM,UME,URE,

2-letter words (15 found)

EM,ER,GO,GU,ME,MO,MU,OE,OM,OR,OU,RE,UG,UM,UR,

1-letter words (1 found)

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You can make 77 words from morgue according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of morgue

morgue

Etymology

Borrowed from French morgue. The second sense developed from the first, via "a prison examination room", probably with reference to the haughty attitude of the jailers.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /mɔːɡ/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /moɹɡ/, [mo̞ɹɡ]
  • (without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA(key): /mɔː(ɹ)ɡ/
  • Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)ɡ

Noun

morgue (plural morgues)

  1. (archaic) A supercilious or haughty attitude; arrogance.
  2. A building or room where dead bodies are kept before their proper burial or cremation, (now) particularly in legal and law enforcement contexts.
    Coordinate terms: deadhouse, mortuary
  3. (archaic) The archive and background information division of a newspaper.

Translations

Further reading

  • Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “morgue”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

French

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mɔʁɡ/

Noun

morgue f (plural morgues)

  1. morgue, mortuary (place where dead bodies are stored)
  2. morgue, coldness, disdain, arrogance (supercilious attitude)

Descendants

  • → Portuguese: morgue
  • → Turkish: morg

Further reading

  • “morgue”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Portuguese

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: mor‧gue

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French morgue.

Noun

morgue m (plural morgues)

  1. morgue
    Synonym: necrotério

Etymology 2

Verb

morgue

  1. inflection of morgar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

References

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from French morgue.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmoɾɡe/ [ˈmoɾ.ɣ̞e]
  • Rhymes: -oɾɡe
  • Syllabification: mor‧gue

Noun

morgue f (plural morgues)

  1. morgue

Further reading

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

Source: wiktionary.org