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mistress

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Is mistress a Scrabble word?

Yes, mistress is a valid Scrabble word! Worth 10 points in Scrabble.

Word Games

  • Scrabble US/Canada (OTCWL) Yes
  • Scrabble UK (SOWPODS) Yes
  • Wordle No
  • Words With Friends Yes

What is the meaning of mistress?

Definition

noun (English)

1. (Scotland) A married woman; a wife.Examples: "Several of the neighbouring mistresses […] had assembled to witness the event of this memorable evening."Scotland

2. (archaic) A respectful mode of address to a woman.archaic

3. (obsolete) The jack in the game of bowls.Examples: "Faith, keep a bachelor still, and go to bowls, sir, Follow your mistress there, and prick and save, sir; For other mistresses will make you a slave, sir"; "She took a bowl, drew up her skirt with her left hand, and rolled the weighted ball with a deft motion. It lightly kissed the mistress and stopped a few inches away."obsolete

verb (English)

1. (transitive, rare) Of a woman: to master; to learn or develop to a high degree of proficiency.Examples: "These films give a glimpse of women on the way to mistressing their own destiny."raretransitive

2. (intransitive) To act or take the role of a mistress.Examples: "[…] housewifery, maternity, charity, the life conventual, the chatter of a court, the mistressing of a great house […]"intransitive

noun (English)

1. (archaic) Used as the title of a married woman before her name. Now used only in the abbreviated form Mrs.Examples: "The sound of Mistress Affery cautiously chaining the door before she opened it, caused them both to look that way."; "Mistress Cordelia Carfax shivered and gathered her silk shawl about her shoulders. […] Any shows of affection Mistress Carfax did display were usually reserved for her pedigree pug."archaic

2. (BDSM) Used as the title of a female dominant.

Definition source: Wiktionary

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

How many Scrabble points is the word "mistress"?

Scrabble
10 points
M3
I1
S1
T1
R1
E1
S1
S1
Words With Friends
11 points
M4
I1
S1
T1
R1
E1
S1
S1

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