medusa

medusa is a 6-letter English word with 4 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The Gorgon; or one of the Gorgons whose hair was changed into serpents, after which all who looked upon her were turned into stone. Face value is 9 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

6 letters · Scrabble 9 · Words With Friends 11 · 4 senses

Definitions

1. noun. The Gorgon; or one of the Gorgons whose hair was changed into serpents, after which all who looked upon her were turned into stone.
2. noun. Any free swimming acaleph; a jellyfish.
3. noun. one of two forms that coelenterates take: it is the free-swimming sexual phase in the life cycle of a coelenterate; in this phase it has a gelatinous umbrella-shaped body and tentacles

   Synonyms: medusan, medusoid

4. noun. (Greek mythology) a woman transformed into a Gorgon by Athena; she was slain by Perseus

Synonyms

medusan, medusoid

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in medusa:

amused, masdeu

Common word forms

medusas

Words from these letters

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