Miss

/mɪs/

Scrabble:6 ptsWWF:7 pts4 letters
Definition of Miss

noun

  1. A failure to hit.
  2. A failure to obtain or accomplish.
  3. An act of avoidance (used with the verb give).

    "I think I’ll give the meeting a miss."

  4. The situation where an item is not found in a cache and therefore needs to be explicitly loaded.

verb

  1. To fail to hit.

    "I missed the target."

  2. To fail to achieve or attain.

    "to miss an opportunity"

  3. To avoid; to escape.

    "The car just missed hitting a passer-by."

  4. To become aware of the loss or absence of; to feel the want or need of, sometimes with regret.

    "I miss you! Come home soon!"

  5. To fail to understand; to have a shortcoming of perception; overlook.

    "miss the joke"

Anagrams of Miss

2 words can be made by rearranging all the letters of "miss":

+1 Letter Anagrams

Words formed by adding one letter to "miss" and rearranging:

Word Validity & Sources

SOWPODS (International Scrabble): Valid
TWL (US/Canada Scrabble): Valid
Words With Friends: Valid
Last verified: December 2024

Dictionary data sourced from SOWPODS (178,691 words), combining TWL (Tournament Word List) and the Collins Scrabble Words dictionary. Definitions from Free Dictionary API and Wordnik.

About the Word "Miss"

Miss is a 4-letter word that scores 6 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words With Friends. The letters in "miss" can be rearranged to form 2 other valid words.

Using "Miss" in Word Games

When playing Scrabble or Words With Friends, "miss" is a low-scoring word.