middle: meaning and words from its letters
6 letters · 10 letter points · starts with M · ends with E
Meaning of middle
noun
A centre, midpoint.
Example: The middle of a circle is the point which has the same distance to every point of circle.
The part between the beginning and the end.
Example: I woke up in the middle of the night.
The middle stump.
The central part of a human body; the waist.
Listed forms: middles, myddle.
Source: Wiktionary — middle.
adj
- no-comparative
Located in the middle; in between.
Example: the middle point
- no-comparative
Central.
- no-comparative
Pertaining to the middle voice.
Listed forms: middlemost, middlest, myddle.
Source: Wiktionary — middle.
verb
- transitive
To strike (the ball) with the middle portion of the face of the bat.
- obsolete, transitive
To take a middle view of.
- obsolete, transitive
To double (a rope) into two equal portions; to fold in the middle.
Listed forms: middles, middling, middled, myddle.
Source: Wiktionary — middle.
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 middle.
adjective
being neither at the beginning nor at the end in a series
- in-between
- mediate
adjective
equally distant from the extremes
noun
an area that is approximately central within some larger region
noun
the middle area of the human torso (usually in front)
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is middle in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of middle
M(3) + I(1) + D(2) + D(2) + L(1) + E(1) = 10 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 middle
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 middle
41 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in middle. Showing up to 24, longest first.