murex

1. Any of various marine gastropods of the genus Murex common in tropical seas and having rough spiny shells, especially M. trunculus, the source of Tyrian purple.

2. Any of a genus ( of the family Muricidae) of marine gastropod mollusks having a rough and often spiny shell, abounding in tropical seas, and yielding a purple dye.

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murex	14	Scrabble

2 Letters	Scrabble® Points
em	4
er	2
ex	9
me	4
mu	4
re	2
um	4
xu	9

3 Letters	Scrabble® Points
emu	5
mux	12
rem	5
rex	10
rue	3
rum	5

4 Letters	Scrabble® Points
mure	6

5 Letters	Scrabble® Points
murex	14