Mats
/mæts/
noun
- A flat piece of coarse material used for wiping one’s feet, or as a decorative or protective floor covering.
"Wipe your feet on the mat before coming in."
- A small flat piece of material used to protect a surface from anything hot or rough; a coaster.
"They put mats on the table during mealtimes."
- A floor pad to protect athletes.
"The high jumper cleared the bar and landed safely on the mat."
- A thickly tangled mess.
"a mat of hair"
- A thin layer of woven, non-woven, or knitted fiber that serves as reinforcement to a material.
verb
noun
noun
noun
- A decorative border around a picture used to inset and center the contents of a frame.
"The image is a perfect square of 8 cm (with white matte border the total dimensions are 14 cm tall by 11 cm wide)."
- A background, often painted or created with computers
"Matte painting is a tool that filmmakers can use to create a scene that is impossible to achieve with conventional cinematographic means."
- (pyrometallurgy) The molten metal sulfide phases typically formed during smelting of copper, nickel, and other base metals.
SYNONYMS
Total: 6 Scrabble points
Word Validity & Sources
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 "Mats"
Mats is a 4-letter word that scores 6 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words With Friends. The letters in "mats" can be rearranged to form 2 other valid words.
Using "Mats" in Word Games
When playing Scrabble or Words With Friends, "mats" is a low-scoring word.