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What does commend mean? Is commend a Scrabble word?

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Is commend a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word commend is a Scrabble US word. The word commend is worth 14 points in Scrabble:

C3O1M3M3E1N1D2

Is commend a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word commend is a Scrabble UK word and has 14 points:

C3O1M3M3E1N1D2

Is commend a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word commend is a Words With Friends word. The word commend is worth 18 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

C4O1M4M4E1N2D2

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7-letter words (1 found)

COMMEND,

5-letter words (5 found)

CODEN,CONED,DEMON,MODEM,MONDE,

4-letter words (21 found)

CODE,COED,COME,COMM,COND,CONE,DECO,DEMO,DOEN,DOME,DONE,ECOD,MEMO,MEND,MENO,MODE,MOME,NODE,NOME,OMEN,ONCE,

3-letter words (24 found)

COD,CON,DEN,DOC,DOE,DOM,DON,ECO,EMO,END,EON,MED,MEM,MEN,MOC,MOD,MOE,MOM,MON,NED,NOD,NOM,ODE,ONE,

2-letter words (14 found)

DE,DO,ED,EM,EN,ME,MM,MO,NE,NO,OD,OE,OM,ON,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 66 words from commend according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of commend

commend

Etymology

From Middle English commenden, from Old French comender, from Latin commendō (“commend, entrust to, commit, recommend”), from com- + mandō (“to commit, intrust, enjoin”), from manus (“hand”) + dō (“to put”). Doublet of command.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kəˈmɛnd/
  • Rhymes: -ɛnd

Verb

commend (third-person singular simple present commends, present participle commending, simple past and past participle commended)

  1. (transitive) To congratulate or reward.
  2. (transitive) To praise or acclaim.
    • 1485 – Thomas Malory. Le Morte Darthur, Book X, Chapter xliiij, leaf 242v
      Thenne Quene Gueneuer commended hym and soo dyd alle other good knyghtes made moche of hym excepte sire Gawayns bretheren /
      "Then Queen Guenever commended him, and so did all other good knights make much of him, except Sir Gawaine’s brethren."
  3. (transitive) To entrust or commit to the care of someone else.
  4. (transitive) To mention by way of courtesy, implying remembrance and goodwill.
  5. (transitive) To recommend.
  6. (transitive, dated) To adorn; to set off.

Related terms

  • commendable
  • commendation
  • commendatory
  • recommend

Translations

See also

  • suggest
  • consider
  • approval

Noun

commend (plural commends)

  1. (obsolete) Commendation; praise.
  2. (obsolete, in the plural) Compliments; greetings.

Further reading

  • “commend”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
  • “commend”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
  • “commend”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Source: wiktionary.org