Errand
6 lettersnouncommonUpdated June 2026
Definition
A brief journey made to perform a specific task, deliver something, or attend to a necessary matter on behalf of oneself or another.
“She popped out to run a quick errand before the afternoon meeting started.”
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er·rand
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Wordle
Double R at positions 2 and 3 is the key feature, the -AND ending is common in English and easy to guess.
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Worth 7 points, the double R uses two 1-point tiles but the word is easy to place with the -AND ending.
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