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Misses

m 3i 1s 1s 1e 1s 1

About 2 syllables

noun · verb · 6 letters · Very common · plural and third-person singular form of miss

  • Scrabble US & Canada : valid
  • Scrabble UK & worldwide : valid
  • Words With Friends : valid
  • Wordle : not valid

What does misses mean?

noun

  1. a young female

    “a young lady of 18”

    Synonymsgirlmissyyoung ladyyoung womanfille

  2. a failure to hit (or meet or find etc)

    Synonymsmisfire

  3. a form of address for an unmarried woman

verb

  1. fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind

    “I missed that remark”

    Synonymslose

  2. feel or suffer from the lack of

    “He misses his mother”

  3. fail to attend an event or activity

    “I missed the concert”

  4. leave undone or leave out

    “How could I miss that typo?”

    Synonymsneglectpretermitomitdropleave out

  5. fail to reach or get to

    “She missed her train”

  6. be without

    “This soup lacks salt”

    Synonymslack

Definitions shown for miss, the base form of misses.

Is MISSES a valid word?

Game / word listValid?
Scrabble US & Canada (NWL / TWL) Yes
Scrabble UK & worldwide (Collins / SOWPODS) Yes
Words With Friends (ENABLE) Yes
Wordle (guess list) No

How many points is MISSES worth?

Scrabble

8 pts
m 3i 1s 1s 1e 1s 1

Words With Friends

9 pts
m 4i 1s 1s 1e 1s 1

Wordfeud

8 pts
m 3i 1s 1s 1e 1s 1

NYT Crossplay

8 pts
m 3i 1s 1s 1e 1s 1

Scores are the sum of the tile values, before premium squares or bingo bonuses.

Words from the letters in MISSES

Anagrams 1

seisms

Hooks for MISSES

Add one letter to the front or back of MISSES to make another word.

Front hooks

amisses

Back hooks

None

Words that end like MISSES

Common words that share the ending -ISSES, handy for rhymes, poems and wordplay. Matches are based on spelling, so a few may not rhyme exactly.

hisseskissesdismisses
All words ending in -ISSES

Misses: quick answers

Is MISSES a valid Scrabble word?
Yes. MISSES is accepted in both the North American (NWL) and the international Collins Scrabble word lists, and scores 8 points before board bonuses.
How many points is MISSES worth?
MISSES scores 8 points in Scrabble, 9 in Words With Friends, 8 in Wordfeud and 8 in NYT Crossplay. These are plain tile totals, before any double- or triple-letter and word squares.
What does misses mean?
misses is the plural and third-person singular form of miss, which means “a young female”. It has 9 meanings in total, listed above.
What words can you make with the letters in MISSES?
You can make 28 shorter words from MISSES, such as MISES, SEISM, SEMIS, ISMS. See the full list.
What are the anagrams of MISSES?
MISSES rearranges into SEISMS.