frenzy

Plural: frenzies

Noun

state of violent mental agitation
A state of wild activity or panic.
A violent agitation of the mind approaching madness; rage.

Adj

Mad; frantic.

Verb

Verb Forms: frenzied, frenzying, frenzies

To make someone or something wild, frantic, or highly agitated.
To render frantic.
To exhibit a frenzy, such as a feeding frenzy.

Examples

She went into a cleaning frenzy to prepare for the unexpected guests.
The discovery of a double-double word score could frenzy any player into hasty decisions.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English frensy, frenesie, from Old French frenesie, from Latin phrenesis, from Ancient Greek *φρένησις (*phrénēsis), a later equivalent of φρενῖτις (phrenîtis, “inflammation of the brain”): see frantic and frenetic. Doublet of phrenesis.

Synonyms

craze, delirium, fury, hysteria

Scrabble Score: 21

frenzy: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
frenzy: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
frenzy: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 21

frenzy: valid Words With Friends Word