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

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Is conundrum a Scrabble UK word?

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

C3O1N1U1N1D2R1U1M3

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Yes. The word conundrum is a Words With Friends word. The word conundrum is worth 20 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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9-letter words (1 found)

CONUNDRUM,

8-letter words (1 found)

CORUNDUM,

7-letter words (1 found)

UNROUND,

6-letter words (2 found)

CUNDUM,UNCORD,

5-letter words (11 found)

CORNU,COURD,CRUDO,DUNNO,DUROC,DURUM,MOUND,MOURN,MUCOR,MUCRO,ROUND,

4-letter words (30 found)

COND,CONN,CORD,CORM,CORN,COUR,CRON,CRUD,CURD,CURN,DOCU,DORM,DOUC,DOUM,DOUN,DOUR,DRUM,DURN,DURO,MORN,MUON,NORM,NOUN,NURD,OURN,ROUM,RUND,UDON,UNCO,UNDO,

3-letter words (42 found)

COD,CON,COR,CRU,CUD,CUM,CUR,DOC,DOM,DON,DOR,DUM,DUN,DUO,MOC,MOD,MON,MOR,MOU,MUD,MUN,NOD,NOM,NON,NOR,NUN,NUR,ORC,ORD,OUD,OUR,ROC,ROD,ROM,RUC,RUD,RUM,RUN,UDO,UMU,URD,URN,

2-letter words (13 found)

DO,MO,MU,NO,NU,OD,OM,ON,OR,OU,UM,UN,UR,

You can make 101 words from conundrum according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of conundrum

conundrum

Etymology

A word of unknown origin with several variants, gaining popularity for its burlesque imitation of scholastic Latin, as hocus-pocus or panjandrum. If there is more to its origin than a nonce coinage, Anatoly Liberman suggests the best theory is that connecting it with the Conimbricenses, 16th c. scholastic commentaries on Aristotle by the Jesuits of Coimbra which indulge heavily in arguments relying on multiple significations of words.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation, US) IPA(key): /kəˈnʌn.dɹəm/

Noun

conundrum (plural conundrums or conundra)

  1. A difficult question or riddle, especially one using a play on words in the answer.
    Synonyms: brain-teaser, enigma, puzzle, riddle
  2. A difficult choice or decision that must be made.
    Synonyms: dilemma; see also Thesaurus:dilemma
    • 2004, Martha Stewart, statement read before being sentenced to five months in prison
      And while I am more concerned about the well-being of others than for myself, more hurt for them and for their losses than for my own, more worried for their futures than for the future of Martha Stewart the person, you are faced with a conundrum, a problem of monumental, to me, proportions.

Quotations

  • For quotations using this term, see Citations:conundrum.

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Further reading

  • conundrum on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • Conundrum in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)

Source: wiktionary.org