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Misses

/ˈmɪsɪz/

Scrabble:8 ptsWWF:9 pts6 letters
Definition of Misses

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"

noun

  1. A title of respect for a young woman (usually unmarried) with or without a name used.

    "You may sit here, Miss Jones."

  2. An unmarried woman; a girl.
  3. A kept woman; a mistress.
  4. In the game of three-card loo, an extra hand, dealt on the table, which may be substituted for the hand dealt to a player.

noun

  1. Wife or girlfriend.

    "Harry said he couldn't stop and chat because his missus wanted to go shopping."

  2. Term of address for a woman.
Anagrams of Misses

1 word can be made by rearranging all the letters of "misses":

seisms

+1 Letter Anagrams

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

+esemises
+imissies
+lmissels
+tmissets
+umisuses
+xsexisms
Related Word Patterns
MI...Words starting with "mi"...ESWords ending with "es"All 6-letter wordsUnscramble "misses"
Synonyms & Antonyms

SYNONYMS

mrsmrs.
Letter Values
m3
i1
s1
s1
e1
s1

Total: 8 Scrabble points

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Rhymes With Misses
aardwolvesabacusesabalonesabamperesabasesabashesabatesabatisesabattisesabbaciesabbesabbesses
Related 6-Letter Words
macacomacawsmacersmachesmachosmacingmacklemacledmaclesmaconsmacronmacrosmaculamaculemadame

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 "Misses"

Misses is a 6-letter word that scores 8 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words With Friends. The letters in "misses" can be rearranged to form 1 other valid word.

Using "Misses" in Word Games

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