Madding
7 lettersadjectiverareUpdated June 2026
Definition
An archaic or poetic adjective describing a crowd or scene characterised by frenzied agitation and wild uproar.
“The poet longed to escape the madding crowd and seek solitude in the countryside.”
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mad·ding
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Ends in -ING with double D before it, made familiar by Thomas Hardy's novel title
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Worth 12 points, G scores 2 and the -ING suffix is straightforward to place on the board
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