matter: meaning and words from its letters
6 letters · 8 letter points · starts with M · ends with R
Meaning of matter
noun
- countable, uncountable
Material; substance. Anything with mass and volume.
- countable, uncountable
Material; substance. Matter made up of normal particles, not antiparticles.
- countable, uncountable
Material; substance. A kind of substance.
Example: vegetable matter
- countable, uncountable
Material; substance. Printed material, especially in books or magazines.
Example: He always took some reading matter with him on the plane.
Listed forms: matters.
Source: Wiktionary — matter.
verb
- intransitive, stative
To be important.
Example: The only thing that matters to Jim is being rich.
- Caribbean, England, regional, transitive
To care about, to mind; to find important.
- archaic, intransitive
To form pus or matter, as an abscess; to maturate.
Listed forms: matters, mattering, mattered.
Source: Wiktionary — matter.
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 matter.
noun
a vaguely specified concern
noun
some situation or event that is thought about
verb
have weight; have import, carry weight
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is matter in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of matter
M(3) + A(1) + T(1) + T(1) + E(1) + R(1) = 8 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 matter
0 other standard-list words use exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
No other single-word anagram was found in our standard list.
Shorter words from matter
56 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in matter. Showing up to 24, longest first.