Definitions for Medusa

Medusa me·du·sa

Spelling: [muh-doo-suh, -zuh, -dy
IPA: /məˈdu sə, -zə, -ˈdyu-/

Medusa is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 143 anagrams from letters in Medusa (ademsu).

Definitions for Medusa

noun

  1. a saucer-shaped or dome-shaped, free-swimming jellyfish or hydra.
  2. the only mortal of the three Gorgons. She was killed by Perseus, and her head was mounted upon the aegis of Zeus and Athena.

Origin of Medusa

1750-60; special use of Medusa, alluding to the Gorgon's snaky locks

Examples for Medusa

I did not imagine that a number of the Standard could have the effect of medusa's head.

The most celebrated of the three sisters was medusa, who alone was mortal.

Editor's note: An earlier version of this article confused the monster Hydra with medusa.

While the period of Thule is 8.8 years, the period of medusa is 3·1 years.

Now fly; for the other Gorgons will do their utmost to take vengeance for medusa's death.

The snakes, too, seemed to feel medusa's dream, and to be made more restless by it.

At the first glimpse of the terrible head of medusa, they whitened into marble!

That was followed by Black Joy, The medusa Touch starring Richard Burton, and the Robert De Niro vehicle King of Comedy.

At length we mounted the deck of the medusa, of painful memory.

Shannel (Season 1) I love that outfit—the medusa with the snakes.

Word Value for Medusa
Scrable

9

Words with friends

11

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