grauniad
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It's a recognised English word, but it isn't in the official NASPA Scrabble word list.
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/ˈɡɹɔːniæd/
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/ˈɡɹɔːniæd/ · /-əd/
Definition of grauniad
1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included
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(UK, humorous)The Guardian, a British daily national newspaper.
“Good old Grauniad.”
“Stop along the road for papers; scan headlines, make sure that no late-breaking story displaced the Vanguard piece and that it's intact (ninety-five percent – a satisfyingly high score), check out Doonesbury in the Grauniad, then away.”
“Katherine Viner wants to appoints a "1 per cent correspondent" to hound the filthy rich. As befits a possible Grauniad editrix, the NUJ misspelt her name.”
“His appointment marked the start of a daily corrections and clarifications column, a first for a UK newspaper, which has mined a rich seam of typos and other slips for which “the Grauniad” is fondly known.”
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
Deliberate misspelling of Guardian, coined by the UK satirical magazine Private Eye, implying that the Guardian newspaper was prone to typographical errors.
Words you can make from grauniad
131 playable · top: GUARDIAN (10 pts)
Best play guardian 10 points7-letter words
1 word6-letter words
11 words5-letter words
21 words4-letter words
48 words- DANG 6 pts
- DING 6 pts
- DRAG 6 pts
- DRUG 6 pts
- DUNG 6 pts
- GADI 6 pts
- GAUD 6 pts
- GIRD 6 pts
- GRAD 6 pts
- GRID 6 pts
- GUID 6 pts
- AGAR 5 pts
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- ANGA 5 pts
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- DARN 5 pts
- DURA 5 pts
- DURN 5 pts
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- GAUR 5 pts
- GIRN 5 pts
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- GUAN 5 pts
- GUAR 5 pts
- NADA 5 pts
- NAGA 5 pts
- NARD 5 pts
- NURD 5 pts
- RAGA 5 pts
- RAGI 5 pts
- RAID 5 pts
- RAND 5 pts
- RANG 5 pts
- RIND 5 pts
- RING 5 pts
- RUGA 5 pts
- RUNG 5 pts
- AIRN 4 pts
- ARIA 4 pts
- AURA 4 pts
- RAIA 4 pts
- RAIN 4 pts
- RANI 4 pts
- RUIN 4 pts
- UNAI 4 pts
3-letter words
36 words- DAG 5 pts
- DIG 5 pts
- DUG 5 pts
- GAD 5 pts
- GID 5 pts
- AGA 4 pts
- AID 4 pts
- AND 4 pts
- DAN 4 pts
- DIN 4 pts
- DUI 4 pts
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- GAN 4 pts
- GAR 4 pts
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- GNU 4 pts
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- NAG 4 pts
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- RAD 4 pts
- RAG 4 pts
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- URD 4 pts
- AIN 3 pts
- AIR 3 pts
- ANA 3 pts
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- RAI 3 pts
- RAN 3 pts
- RIA 3 pts
- RIN 3 pts
- RUN 3 pts
- UNI 3 pts
- URN 3 pts
2-letter words
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