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Is muse a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word muse is a Scrabble US word. The word muse is worth 6 points in Scrabble:

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Is muse a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word muse is a Scrabble UK word and has 6 points:

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Yes. The word muse is a Words With Friends word. The word muse is worth 8 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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4-letter words (4 found)

EMUS,MEUS,MUSE,UMES,

3-letter words (10 found)

EMS,EMU,MES,MEU,MUS,SUE,SUM,UME,UMS,USE,

2-letter words (6 found)

EM,ES,ME,MU,UM,US,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 21 words from muse according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 4 letters words made out of muse

muse umse msue smue usme sume mues umes meus emus uems eums mseu smeu mesu emsu semu esmu usem suem uesm eusm seum esum

Note: these 'words' (valid or invalid) are all the permutations of the word muse. These words are obtained by scrambling the letters in muse.

Definitions and meaning of muse

muse

Pronunciation

  • enPR: myo͞oz
    • (UK) IPA(key): /mjuːz/
    • (US) IPA(key): /mjuz/
  • Homophones: mews, Meuse
  • Rhymes: -uːz

Etymology 1

From Middle French muse, from Latin Mūsa, from Ancient Greek Μοῦσα (Moûsa).

Noun

muse (plural muses)

  1. (of people) A source of inspiration.
  2. (archaic) A poet; a bard.
Synonyms
  • (source of inspiration): Pierian spring
Related terms
  • museum
  • music
Translations

Etymology 2

From Middle English musen, from Old French muser.

Verb

muse (third-person singular simple present muses, present participle musing, simple past and past participle mused)

  1. (intransitive) To become lost in thought, to ponder.
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:ponder
  2. (transitive) To say (something) with due consideration or thought.
    • For quotations using this term, see Citations:muse.
  3. (transitive) To think on; to meditate on.
  4. (transitive) To wonder at.
Related terms
  • muser
  • musing
  • amuse
Translations

Noun

muse (plural muses)

  1. An act of musing; a period of thoughtfulness.
    • 1978, Lawrence Durrell, Livia, Faber & Faber 1992 (Avignon Quintet), p. 416:
      He fell into a muse and pulled his upper lip.

Etymology 3

From French musse. See muset.

Noun

muse (plural muses)

  1. A gap or hole in a hedge, fence, etc. through which a wild animal is accustomed to pass; a muset.
    Find a hare without a muse. (old proverb)

Anagrams

  • Semu, emus, umes

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /myz/
  • Homophones: musent, muses

Noun

muse f (plural muses)

  1. artistic inspiration
  2. muse (specific artistic subject)

Verb

muse

  1. inflection of muser:
    1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

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

Anagrams

  • émus, meus, mues, seum

Italian

Noun

muse f

  1. plural of musa

Anagrams

  • sume

Middle English

Etymology 1

Noun

muse

  1. Alternative form of mous

Etymology 2

Noun

muse

  1. Alternative form of Muse

Etymology 3

Verb

muse

  1. Alternative form of musen

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From French musée, from Latin mūsēum, from Ancient Greek Μουσεῖον (Mouseîon).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mʉ.seː/, [mʉʷ.ˈseː]

Noun

muse n (definite singular museet, indefinite plural muse or museer, definite plural museene or musea)

  1. Alternative form of musé

References

  • “muse” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Ancient Greek Μοῦσα (Moûsa).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /²mʉː.sə/

Noun

muse f (definite singular musa, indefinite plural muser, definite plural musene)

  1. a muse

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /²mʉː.sə/

Verb

muse (present tense musar, past tense musa, past participle musa, passive infinitive musast, present participle musande, imperative muse/mus)

  1. to whisper
    Synonym: kviskre

Etymology 3

From French musée, from Latin mūsēum, from Ancient Greek Μουσεῖον (Mouseîon).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mʉ.seː/, [mʉʷ.ˈseː]

Noun

muse n (definite singular museet, indefinite plural muse, definite plural musea)

  1. alternative spelling of musé

References

  • “muse” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Spanish

Verb

muse

  1. only used in se muse, third-person singular present indicative of musirse
  2. only used in te ... muse, syntactic variant of músete, second-person singular imperative of musirse

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