quandary

quandary is a 8-letter English word with 4 senses as noun and transitive verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A state of difficulty or perplexity; doubt; uncertainty. Face value is 21 in Scrabble and 22 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

8 letters · Scrabble 21 · Words With Friends 22 · 4 senses

Definitions

1. noun. A state of difficulty or perplexity; doubt; uncertainty.
2. transitive verb. To bring into a state of uncertainty, perplexity, or difficulty.
3. noun. state of uncertainty or perplexity especially as requiring a choice between equally unfavorable options

   Synonyms: dilemma

4. noun. a situation from which extrication is difficult especially an unpleasant or trying one

   "finds himself in a most awkward predicament"

   "the woeful plight of homeless people"

   Synonyms: plight, predicament

Synonyms

dilemma, plight, predicament

Common word forms

quandaries

Words from these letters

If you are holding these tiles, the unscrambler for QUANDARY lists every valid word you can make from the same letters, including shorter plays.