minamata bay

NOUN
12 LETTERS · STARTS WITH M

minamata bay is a valid 12-letter word worth 20 points in Scrabble and 23 points in Words with Friends.

SCRABBLE WORDS WITH FRIENDS
M3I1N1A1M3A1T1A1B3A1Y4
3 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 3 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 0 + 3 + 1 + 4 =20 PTS
DOUBLE WORD → 40TRIPLE WORD → 60
MEANING

What does minamata bay mean?

NOUN · 1 SENSE
1

A bay on the west coast of Kyushu; in the 1950s industrial wastes caused mercury poisoning among the Japanese people who ate fish from Minamata Bay.