sumpsimus

NOUN
9 LETTERS · STARTS WITH S

sumpsimus is a valid 9-letter word worth 15 points in Scrabble and 20 points in Words with Friends.

SCRABBLE WORDS WITH FRIENDS
S1U1M3P3S1I1M3U1S1
1 + 1 + 3 + 3 + 1 + 1 + 3 + 1 + 1 =15 PTS
DOUBLE WORD → 30TRIPLE WORD → 45
MEANING

What does sumpsimus mean?

NOUN · 1 SENSE
1

A correct expression that takes the place of a popular but incorrect expression.

“he preferred his erroneous but pleasing mumpsimus to the correct sumpsimus”