mumpsimus
NOUN
9 LETTERS · STARTS WITH M
mumpsimus is a valid 9-letter word worth 17 points in Scrabble and 23 points in Words with Friends.
SCRABBLE
WORDS WITH FRIENDS
M3U1M3P3S1I1M3U1S1
3 + 1 + 3 + 3 + 1 + 1 + 3 + 1 + 1 =17 PTS
DOUBLE WORD → 34TRIPLE WORD → 51
MEANING
What does mumpsimus mean?
NOUN · 1 SENSE
1
A traditional notion that is obstinately held although it is unreasonable.
“he still holds to the old mumpsimus that a woman's place is in the kitchen”
BROADER