Malady
6 lettersnounmoderateUpdated June 2026
Definition
A disease, illness, or any condition of deep-seated distress or disorder, whether physical or figurative.
“The remote region was gripped by a mysterious malady that doctors had not encountered before.”
Pronunciation
IPA
/ˈmæl.ə.di/
Syllables
mal·a·dy
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Wordle
No repeated consonants, ends in Y, double A at positions 2 and 4 is a deceptive repeated-vowel trap
Scrabble
Worth 12 points, Y and D together near the end give this above-average value for a common-seeming word
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