Definitions for errand

errand er·rand

Spelling: [er-uh nd]
IPA: /ˈɛr ənd/

Errand is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 7 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 8 points.

You can make 97 anagrams from letters in errand (adenrr).

Definitions for errand

noun

  1. a short and quick trip to accomplish a specific purpose, as to buy something, deliver a package, or convey a message, often for someone else.
  2. the purpose of such a trip:
  3. a special mission or function entrusted to a messenger; commission.

Origin of errand

before 900; Middle English erande, Old English ærende; cognate with Old High German āruntī; compare Old English ār messenger, Gothic airus

Examples for errand

At the start of the game he is been sent to the fantastic city of Columbia on an errand: to find a girl and have his debt cleaned.

It is, increasingly, the received wisdom in the West that nation building is a fool's errand.

Mr. Paine looked up as he entered, and had no difficulty in guessing his errand.

Despite the obstacles, however, Ephron excelled, moving from errand girl to bona fide writer at the New York Post and Esquire.

This relieved her, and she was able to give an account of her errand on the field of battle.

It's a fool's errand when the general electorate is trending in favor of more government.

They offered him no violence, and he performed his errand safely.

Nay, they are neither; but, nevertheless, their errand is a nefarious one.

He demonstrated that he had the makings of a future Marine after his mother sent him on a last minute errand to a nearby deli.

It was on this errand that she first visited Boston—we believe in the winter of 1858-59.

Word Value for errand
Scrable

7

Words with friends

8

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