What does MADNESS mean?

Pronunciation
/ˈmædnəs/
Letters
7
Scrabble score
10
Words With Friends score
12
How common
Fairly common

Meaning

noun

  1. obsolete terms for legal insanity
  2. an acute viral disease of the nervous system of warm-blooded animals (usually transmitted by the bite of a rabid animal); rabies is fatal if the virus reaches the brain
  3. a feeling of intense anger“hell hath no fury like a woman scorned”
  4. the quality of being rash and foolish“trying to drive through a blizzard is the height of folly”
  5. unrestrained excitement or enthusiasm“poetry is a sort of divine madness”

Definitions from Princeton WordNet 3.0.

Other forms

madnesses12

Anagrams of MADNESS

desmans10

Words inside MADNESS

103 shorter words can be made from these letters. Here are the most useful.

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Questions

Is MADNESS a valid word in word games?

MADNESS is in the ENABLE word list, which many word games use, so it is very likely to be accepted. Check your game's own dictionary if a play is challenged.

How many points is MADNESS worth?

MADNESS is worth 10 points with Scrabble letter values and 12 with Words With Friends values, before any bonus squares.

What words can you make from MADNESS?

103 other words, including AND, AS, AN and ME.