mare: meaning and words from its letters
4 letters · 6 letter points · starts with M · ends with E
Meaning of mare
noun
An adult female horse.
- Ireland, UK, derogatory, slang
A foolish woman.
Listed forms: mares, meare.
Source: Wiktionary — mare.
noun
- Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, colloquial
A nightmare; a frustrating or terrible experience.
Example: I'm having a complete mare today.
- historical, obsolete
A type of evil spirit formerly thought to sit on the chest of a sleeping person; also, the feeling of suffocation felt during sleep, attributed to such a spirit.
Listed forms: mares.
Source: Wiktionary — mare.
noun
A large, dark plain, which may have the appearance of a sea, such as those on the Moon.
On Saturn's moon Titan, any of several lakes which are large expanses of what is thought to be liquid hydrocarbons.
Example: Kraken Mare (a lake of liquid hydrocarbons on Titan which is slightly larger than the Caspian Sea)
Listed forms: maria.
Source: Wiktionary — mare.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Synonyms by meaning
Words are grouped by sense, so they are not necessarily interchangeable in every context. Search synonyms for mare.
noun
female equine animal
- female horse
noun
a dark region of considerable extent on the surface of the moon
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is mare in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of mare
M(3) + A(1) + R(1) + E(1) = 6 points.
This is a sum of letter values without board bonuses or word multipliers. A blank tile is worth zero: subtract the value of each letter supplied by a blank. The score does not establish game validity. Full letter-value table.
Anagrams of mare
1 other standard-list word uses exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
Shorter words from mare
15 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in mare. Showing up to 24, longest first.