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Is manhood a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word manhood is a Scrabble US word. The word manhood is worth 13 points in Scrabble:

M3A1N1H4O1O1D2

Is manhood a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word manhood is a Scrabble UK word and has 13 points:

M3A1N1H4O1O1D2

Is manhood a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word manhood is a Words With Friends word. The word manhood is worth 14 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

M4A1N2H3O1O1D2

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7-letter words (2 found)

HOODMAN,MANHOOD,

6-letter words (2 found)

DAHOON,HODMAN,

5-letter words (6 found)

DONAH,DOONA,HONDA,MONAD,MONDO,NOMAD,

4-letter words (21 found)

DAMN,DONA,DOOM,DOON,HAND,HOMA,HOMO,HOND,HOOD,HOON,MAND,MANO,MOAN,MOHO,MONA,MONO,MOOD,MOON,NOAH,NOMA,ODAH,

3-letter words (40 found)

ADO,AND,DAH,DAM,DAN,DOH,DOM,DON,DOO,HAD,HAM,HAN,HAO,HOA,HOD,HOM,HON,HOO,MAD,MAN,MHO,MNA,MOA,MOD,MON,MOO,NAH,NAM,NOD,NOH,NOM,NOO,ODA,OHM,OHO,OMA,ONO,OOH,OOM,OON,

2-letter words (18 found)

AD,AH,AM,AN,DA,DO,HA,HM,HO,MA,MO,NA,NO,OD,OH,OM,ON,OO,

You can make 89 words from manhood according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of manhood

manhood

Alternative forms

  • manhead (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English manhode, also manhede (> English manhead), equivalent to man +‎ -hood. Cognate with Middle Low German manheit (“manhood”), German Mannheit (“manhood”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmænhʊd/
  • Rhymes: -ænhʊd

Noun

manhood (countable and uncountable, plural manhoods)

  1. The state or condition of being a human being.
    Synonym: humanity
  2. The state or condition of being a man.
    • 1936 Feb. 15, Ernest Hemingway, letter to Maxwell Perkins:
      Feel awfully about Scott... It was a terrible thing for him to love youth so much that he jumped straight from youth to senility without going through manhood. The minute he felt youth going he was frightened again and thought there was nothing between youth and age.
    He was a strapping youth poised on the brink of manhood.
  3. All of the men of a given place, area, or any human subgroup (ethnicity, nation, race, religion, family, work crew or ship's crew, etc.) regarded collectively.
    Synonym: mankind (exclusively and universally: only synonymous in cases for which women are excluded, and when the meaning of manhood is universal or worldwide)
    Antonyms: womanhood, womankind
  4. The idealized nature of a man: all of the characteristics traditionally and ideally ascribed to manliness regarded collectively.
    Synonyms: manfulness, manliness, mannishness
    Antonyms: womanhood, womanishness, womanliness
    My goodness, James certainly is a prime example of manhood, isn't he?
    Traditionally, men sought to enhance the manhood of their young sons, so that they would become manly men, but in general, men no longer do so.
  5. The self-concept of a man being with respect to his possession of the various qualities traditionally and ideally ascribed to manliness; a man's sense or view of himself as being more or less manly.
    Antonym: womanhood
    The failure of William's business seems to have been quite damaging to his manhood.
    I feel that when you boss me around, you insult my manhood.
  6. (euphemistic) The male genitalia, especially the penis.
    Hypernym: (slang) junk
    Antonym: womanhood
    She spied on him in the shower and glimpsed his manhood.

Coordinate terms

  • womanhood

Derived terms

  • manhood suffrage

Related terms

  • boyhood
  • girlhood
  • childhood

Translations

See also

  • manhood on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

  • hoodman

Source: wiktionary.org