Mis
Scrabble:5 ptsWWF:6 pts3 letters
Definition of Mis
noun
- An abbreviation of <internalXref urlencoded="Missouri">Missouri</internalXref>.
- A prefix of Latin origin, meaning literally ‘minus,’ ‘less,’ and hence used in Romance, etc., as a depreciative or negative prefix, as in <em>misadventure, mischance, mischief, miscount, miscreant, misnomer</em>, etc.
- A Middle English form of <internalXref urlencoded="miss">miss</internalXref>.
- A prefix of Anglo-Saxon origin, meaning ‘wrong,’ ‘bad,’ ‘erroneous,’ or, taken adverbially, ‘wrongly,’ ‘badly,’ ‘erroneously,’ prefixed to nouns. as in <em>misdeed, misfortune, misinform</em>, etc., and verbs, <em>misdo, miscarry, misguide, misrule</em>, etc., including participles, as <em>mistaking, misbelieving, etc., mistaken, misspent</em>, etc.
- Wrong; amiss.
Anagrams of Mis
Letter Values
m3
i1
s1
Total: 5 Scrabble points
Rhymes With Mis
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 "Mis"
Mis is a 3-letter word that scores 5 points in Scrabble and 6 points in Words With Friends. The letters in "mis" can be rearranged to form 2 other valid words.
Using "Mis" in Word Games
When playing Scrabble or Words With Friends, "mis" is a low-scoring word.