Definition of MANDRILL

mandrill

Plural: mandrills

Noun

  • A large, colorful West African baboon.
  • baboon of west Africa with a bright red and blue muzzle and blue hindquarters
  • A primate, Mandrillus sphinx, with a colorful face and rump.

Examples

  • The intimidating word MANDRILL stared down my opponent from across the Scrabble board.

Origin / Etymology

From man + drill (“Mandrillus leucophaeus”).

Synonyms

Mandrillus sphinx

Scrabble Score: 11

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

Words With Friends Score: 15

mandrill: valid Words With Friends Word