Miss

/mɪs/

Last Updated: January 2, 2026 at 12:30 PM

Scrabble:6 ptsWWF:7 pts4 letters

Definition of Miss

noun

A failure to hit.
A failure to obtain or accomplish.
An act of avoidance (used with the verb give).
"I think I’ll give the meeting a miss."
The situation where an item is not found in a cache and therefore needs to be explicitly loaded.

verb

To fail to hit.
"I missed the target."
To fail to achieve or attain.
"to miss an opportunity"
To avoid; to escape.
"The car just missed hitting a passer-by."
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!"
To fail to understand; to have a shortcoming of perception; overlook.
"miss the joke"

Anagrams of Miss

Exact Anagrams

2 words using all 4 letters:

Words You Can Make

6 words can be made from the letters in "miss":

4-LETTER WORDS

3-LETTER WORDS

ism mis sim sis

+1 Letter Anagrams

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

+emises seism semis

Related Word Patterns

MI...Words starting with "mi"...SSWords ending with "ss"All 4-letter words Unscramble "miss"

Synonyms & Antonyms

ANTONYMS

collidehitimpingerun intostrikefeaturehave

Rhyming Words

abbess abjectness abortiveness abrasiveness abruptness abscess absoluteness abstemiousness abstractedness abstractness abstruseness absurdness abusiveness abyss accentless+5 more

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