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Is vandal a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word vandal is a Scrabble US word. The word vandal is worth 10 points in Scrabble:

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Is vandal a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word vandal is a Scrabble UK word and has 10 points:

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Yes. The word vandal is a Words With Friends word. The word vandal is worth 13 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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6-letter words (1 found)

VANDAL,

5-letter words (3 found)

ALAND,NAVAL,VANDA,

4-letter words (9 found)

ALAN,ANAL,AVAL,DAAL,LANA,LAND,LAVA,NADA,NALA,

3-letter words (11 found)

AAL,ALA,ANA,AND,AVA,DAL,DAN,LAD,LAV,NAV,VAN,

2-letter words (7 found)

AA,AD,AL,AN,DA,LA,NA,

You can make 31 words from vandal according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of vandal

vandal

Etymology

1660s, “willful destroyer of what is beautiful or venerable”, from Vandal, referring to a member of an ancient Germanic people, the Vandals, who are associated with senseless destruction as a result of their sack of Rome under King Genseric in 455. During the Enlightenment, Rome was idealized, while the Goths and Vandals were blamed for its destruction. The Vandals may not have been any more destructive than other invaders of ancient times, but they did inspire English poet John Dryden to write, Till Goths, and Vandals, a rude Northern race, Did all the matchless Monuments deface (1694). However, the Vandals did intentionally damage statues, which may be why their name is associated with the vandalism of art. The coining of French Vandalisme by Henri Grégoire in 1794 to describe the destruction of artwork following the French Revolution popularized the idea further, and the term was quickly adopted across Europe, including as English vandalism.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈvændəl/
  • Rhymes: -ændəl

Noun

vandal (plural vandals)

  1. A person who needlessly destroys, defaces, or damages things, especially other people's property.

Synonyms

  • destroyer
  • ruiner
  • wrecker

Derived terms

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Czech

Noun

vandal m anim

  1. vandal (person who needlessly destroys, defaces, or damages other people's property)

Declension

Further reading

  • vandal in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu
  • vandal in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

Manx

Etymology

Borrowed from English vandal.

Noun

vandal m (genitive singular vandal, plural vandallyn)

  1. (history) vandal

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Latin vandali (plural).

Noun

vandal m (definite singular vandalen, indefinite plural vandaler, definite plural vandalene)

  1. (modern-day) a vandal
  2. (historical) a Vandal

Derived terms

  • vandalsk

References

  • “vandal” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin vandali (plural).

Noun

vandal m (definite singular vandalen, indefinite plural vandalar, definite plural vandalane)

  1. (modern-day) a vandal
  2. (historical) a Vandal

Derived terms

  • vandalsk

References

  • “vandal” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French vandale.

Noun

vandal m (plural vandali)

  1. vandal
  2. Vandal

Declension

Swedish

Noun

vandal c

  1. a vandal
  2. a Vandal (member of an ancient east Germanic tribe)

Declension

See also

  • huligan (“hooligan”)
  • ligist

References

  • vandal in Svensk ordbok (SO)
  • vandal in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
  • vandal in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Source: wiktionary.org