mishegoss

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
15
Words With Friends
16
Letters
9
Pronunciation
/ˌmɪʃəˈɡɒs/
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/ˌmɪʃəˈɡɒs/ · /ˈmɪʃəɡɒs/

Definition of mishegoss

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (slang, uncountable)Madness; silliness.
    “On the contrary, the Michigander’s mishegoss is driven by my choice of the on-guard anticipate when he thinks I should have used the more general, all-purpose verb expect.”
    “You know what? Let's forget all the mishegoss and try to enjoy our lunch, huh? Take the edge off.”
    “Appropriately shamed, Hal agrees to help Oliver in taking down the landlord, which they eventually do after some crime-fighting mishegoss.”
    “[…]new allegations that young Mr. Ellis may have mishandled classified information as part of whatever mishegoss they were trying to pull off there.”
    “Ullyot warned that under Hegseth “the Pentagon focus is no longer on warfighting, but on endless drama” and said “the president deserves better than the current mishegoss at the Pentagon.””

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Etymology

Borrowed from Yiddish משוגעת (meshugas), from משוגע (meshuge, “crazy”), from Hebrew משוגע (meshugga`, “crazy”), from שׁוּגַּע (shugga‘, “be driven mad”), שִׁיגַּע (shigga‘, “drive mad”).

Words you can make from mishegoss

147 playable · top: HOMIES (11 pts)

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7-letter words

1 word

6-letter words

12 words

5-letter words

20 words

4-letter words

49 words

3-letter words

43 words

2-letter words

21 words

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