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Is maundy a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word maundy is a Scrabble US word. The word maundy is worth 12 points in Scrabble:

M3A1U1N1D2Y4

Is maundy a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word maundy is a Scrabble UK word and has 12 points:

M3A1U1N1D2Y4

Is maundy a Words With Friends word?

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

M4A1U2N2D2Y3

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6-letter words (1 found)

MAUNDY,

5-letter words (4 found)

DUNAM,MAUND,UNDAM,YAMUN,

4-letter words (12 found)

DAMN,DUAN,DUMA,MAND,MANY,MAUD,MAUN,MYNA,NAMU,UNDY,YAUD,YUAN,

3-letter words (21 found)

AMU,AND,ANY,AYU,DAM,DAN,DAY,DUM,DUN,MAD,MAN,MAY,MNA,MUD,MUN,NAM,NAY,NYM,YAD,YAM,YUM,

2-letter words (15 found)

AD,AM,AN,AY,DA,MA,MU,MY,NA,NU,NY,UM,UN,YA,YU,

You can make 53 words from maundy according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of maundy

maundy

Etymology

From Middle English maundee, maunde, from Old French mandée (“mandated”), from Latin mandatum (“commandment”). Doublet of mandate. The word came to refer to the foot-washing ceremony performed on Thursday before Easter because of the phrase used by Jesus to explain his act of foot-washing, which in the Latin Vulgate begins: Mandatum novum do vobis ut diligatis invicem ..., i.e. "A new commandment I give unto you: That you love one another …" (John 13:34).

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈmɔːn.di/
  • (US, Canada) IPA(key): /ˈmɑn.di/
  • (General Australian) IPA(key): /ˈmoːn.di/

Noun

maundy (countable and uncountable, plural maundies)

  1. (obsolete) A commandment.
  2. (obsolete) The sacrament of the Lord's supper.
  3. (Christianity) The ceremony of washing the feet of poor persons or inferiors, performed as a religious rite on Maundy Thursday in commemoration of Christ's washing the disciples' feet at the Last Supper.
  4. (Christianity) The office appointed to be read during the religious ceremony of foot-washing.

Synonyms

  • (foot-washing ceremony): nipter

Derived terms

  • Maundy Thursday

Translations

References

  • “maundy”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

Further reading

  • foot washing on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

  • Munday, dayumn

Source: wiktionary.org