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Is mess a Scrabble word?

Yes, mess is a valid Scrabble word! Worth 6 points in Scrabble.

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What is the meaning of mess?

Definition

noun (English)

1. (colloquial) a large quantity or numberExamples: "Messerschmidts! A whole mess of Messerschmidts!"; "My boss dumped a whole mess of projects on my desk today."; "She brought back a mess of fish to fix for supper."colloquialcountableuncountable

2. (euphemistic) excrement.Examples: "There was dog mess all along the street."; "Did you hear that? It scared the mess out of me."countableeuphemisticuncountable

3. (figuratively) a person in a state of (especially emotional) turmoil or disarray; an emotional wreckExamples: "Between the pain and the depression, I'm a mess."; "He's been a mess and a half ever since you excommunicated him."countablefigurativelyuncountable

verb (English)

1. (transitive, often used with "up") To make untidy or dirty.Examples: "It seems like all you do is cry, eat, and mess your diapers!"oftentransitive

2. (transitive, often used with "up") To make untidy or dirty.oftentransitive

3. (transitive, often used with "up") To throw into disorder or to ruin.Examples: "But it wasn't right to be messing another man's sleep with tidal waves that didn't belong to the other man."oftentransitive

4. (intransitive) To interfere.Examples: "This doesn't concern you. Don't mess."intransitive

noun (English)

1. (obsolete) Mass; a church service.obsolete

2. (archaic) A quantity of food set on a table at one time; provision of food for a person or party for one meal; also, the food given to an animal at one time.Examples: "c. 1555, Hugh Latimer, letter to one in prison for the profession of the Gospel a mess of pottage"; "At their savoury dinner set / Of herbs and other country messes."; "[Curry] consists of meat, fish, fruit, or vegetables, cooked with a quantity of bruised spices and turmeric […]; and a little of this gives a flavour to a large mess of rice."archaic

3. (collective) A number of persons who eat together, and for whom food is prepared in common, especially military personnel who eat at the same table.Examples: "the wardroom mess"; "But that our Feaſts / In euery Meſſe, haue folly; and the Feeders / Digeſt with a Cuſtome,"collective

4. (India) a type of restaurant characterized by homely-style cooking and food.India

5. (US) The milk given by a cow at one milking.US

6. (collective) A group of iguanas.Synonyms: slaughtercollective

verb (English)

1. (intransitive) To take meals with a mess.intransitive

2. (intransitive) To belong to a mess.intransitive

3. (intransitive) To eat (with others).Examples: "Resolved 18. That no Guide or Interpreter whether at the Factory Depot or Inland be permitted to mess with Commissioned Gentlemen or Clerks in charge of Posts; but while at the Depot they will be allowed per Week 4 days ordinary rations..."; "I mess with the wardroom officers."intransitive

4. (transitive) To supply with a mess.transitive

Definition source: Wiktionary

What Scrabble words can I make with the letters in "mess"?

How many Scrabble points is the word "mess"?

Scrabble
6 points
M3
E1
S1
S1
Words With Friends
7 points
M4
E1
S1
S1

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