Is MANDAMUS a word?
MANDAMUS is a valid word in Scrabble and Words With Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words With Friends, has 8 letters, and can be rearranged into 0 other words, plus 60 shorter words built from the same letters.
Yes, MANDAMUS is a valid word.
What does mandamus mean?
noun: an extraordinary writ commanding an official to perform a ministerial act that the law recognizes as an absolute duty and not a matter for the official's discretion; used only when all other judicial remedies fail.
Definition from WordNet, Princeton University.
MANDAMUS: word details
- Pronunciation: man-DAY-muhs (approx., 3 syllables)
- Length: 8 letters, a long word. It is one of 40,530 8-letter words in our dictionary.
- Scrabble: worth 13 points on the tiles.
- Words With Friends: worth 17 points on the tiles.
- Games: recognised in the combined word list Unscrambly uses for Scrabble and Words With Friends. Acceptance in official tournament lists (TWL, SOWPODS) can vary.
Shorter words inside mandamus
Words you can make from the letters of mandamus.
Solve a whole rack, not just MANDAMUS
MANDAMUS is one word. If you are holding tiles rather than looking up a single entry, the Scrabble word finder ranks every play from your rack by points, and the Words With Friends solver scores the same letters with WWF values instead, which changes the order of the list.
Frequently asked questions
What does MANDAMUS mean?
MANDAMUS is a noun. It means: an extraordinary writ commanding an official to perform a ministerial act that the law recognizes as an absolute duty and not a matter for the official's discretion; used only when all other judicial remedies fail.
Is MANDAMUS a valid word?
Yes, MANDAMUS is a valid word. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words With Friends.
Unscrambly validity is based on a large open English word list used across word games. Word acceptance varies by the exact tournament dictionary in use.