Macedon
7 lettersnounmoderateUpdated June 2026
Definition
The ancient kingdom in the southeastern Balkans ruled by Philip II and Alexander the Great, whose territory now falls across modern North Macedonia, Greece, and Bulgaria.
“Macedon rose to dominate the Greek world under the military leadership of Philip II and his son Alexander.”
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mac·e·don
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Wordle
Starts with MAC- and ends in -DON, a pattern shared with a handful of historical place names worth knowing
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As a proper noun, Macedon is not valid in standard Scrabble, but its seven balanced letters make it useful for word study
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