mongoloid
NOUNADJECTIVE
/mɑŋɡə,lɔɪd/
9 LETTERS · 3 SYLLABLES · STARTS WITH M
mongoloid is a valid 9-letter word worth 13 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
SCRABBLE
WORDS WITH FRIENDS
M3O1N1G2O1L1O1I1D2
3 + 1 + 1 + 2 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 2 =13 PTS
DOUBLE WORD → 26TRIPLE WORD → 39
MEANING
What does mongoloid mean?
NOUN · 2 SENSES
1
A member of the Mongoloid family.
BROADER
2
A person suffering from Down syndrome (no longer used technically in this sense, now considered offensive).
BROADER
ADJECTIVE · 2 SENSES
1
(offensive) of or relating to or suffering from Down syndrome.
2
Of or pertaining to or characteristic of one of the traditional racial division of humankind including especially peoples of central and eastern Asia.
OTHER · 1 SENSE
1
Characteristic of or resembling a Mongol.
“the mongoloid epicanthic fold”