mess: meaning and words from its letters
4 letters · 6 letter points · starts with M · ends with S
Meaning of mess
noun
- countable, uncountable
A thing or group of things in a disagreeable, disorganised, or dirty state; hence a bad situation.
Example: He made a mess of it.
- colloquial, countable, uncountable
A large quantity or number.
Example: My boss dumped a whole mess of projects on my desk today.
- countable, euphemistic, uncountable
Excrement.
Example: There was dog mess all along the street.
- countable, figuratively, uncountable
A person in a state of (especially emotional) turmoil or disarray; an emotional wreck.
Example: Between the pain and the depression, I'm a mess.
Listed forms: messes.
Source: Wiktionary — mess.
verb
- often, transitive
To make untidy or dirty. To make soiled by defecating.
- often, transitive
To make untidy or dirty. To make soiled by ejaculating.
- often, transitive
To throw into disorder or to ruin.
- intransitive
To interfere.
Example: This doesn't concern you. Don't mess.
Listed forms: messes, messing, messed.
Source: Wiktionary — mess.
noun
- 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.
Example: the wardroom mess
A building or room in which mess is eaten.
- India
a type of restaurant characterized by homely-style cooking and food.
A set of four (from the old practice of dividing companies into sets of four at dinner).
Listed forms: messes.
Source: Wiktionary — mess.
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 mess.
noun
a state of confusion and disorderliness
noun
informal terms for a difficult situation
noun
a (large) military dining room where service personnel eat or relax
- mess hall
noun
(often followed by ‘of’) a large number or amount or extent
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is mess in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of mess
M(3) + E(1) + S(1) + S(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 mess
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 mess
5 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in mess. Showing up to 24, longest first.