Is “Mortify” a Scrabble word?

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Yes
MORTIFY
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SOWPODS / CSW
Scrabble UK & International
Valid
TWL / NWL
Scrabble North America
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Large English Dictionary
General English word list
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Meaning of Mortify

/ˈmɔːtɪfaɪ/

verb
  1. 1.To discipline (one's body, appetites etc.) by suppressing desires; to practise abstinence on.

    Some people seek sainthood by mortifying the body.

  2. 2.(usually used passively) To embarrass, to humiliate. To injure one's dignity.

    I was so mortified I could have died right there; instead I fainted, but I swore I'd never let that happen to me again.

  3. 3.To kill.

Synonyms: macerate, demean, humiliate, shame