Mayhem
6 lettersnouncommonUpdated June 2026
Definition
Violent disorder or chaos, or the criminal act of deliberately causing serious physical injury to another person.
“The power cut caused absolute mayhem in the shopping centre as the lights went out.”
Pronunciation
IPA
/ˈmeɪhem/
Syllables
may·hem
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Wordle
MAYHEM has no repeated letters, the Y in position three and H in position five help narrow guesses.
Scrabble
Worth 16 points, the Y and H each score 4, making MAYHEM one of the better six-letter plays.
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