mouse: meaning and words from its letters
5 letters · 7 letter points · starts with M · ends with E
Meaning of mouse
noun
- broadly
Any mammal of the many rodent families (especially Muridae) that have a small body and a long tail.
- broadly
Any mammal of the many rodent families (especially Muridae) that have a small body and a long tail. Such a rodent that is of the genus Mus.
- broadly, figuratively
Any mammal of the many rodent families (especially Muridae) that have a small body and a long tail. A quiet or shy person.
Example: She's probably hiding in her room, she always does when we have company. She's our little mouse.
An input device that is moved over a pad or other flat surface to produce a corresponding movement of a pointer on a graphical display.
Example: My mouse needs new batteries.
Listed forms: mice, mouses, mowse.
Source: Wiktionary — mouse.
verb
- intransitive
To move cautiously or furtively, in the manner of a mouse (the rodent) (frequently used in the phrasal verb to mouse around).
- intransitive
To hunt or catch mice (the rodents), usually of cats.
- transitive
To close the mouth of a hook by a careful binding of marline or wire.
Example: Captain Higgins moused the hook with a bit of marline to prevent the block beckets from falling out under slack.
- intransitive
To navigate by means of a computer mouse.
Listed forms: mouses, mousing, moused, mowse.
Source: Wiktionary — mouse.
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 mouse.
noun
a swollen bruise caused by a blow to the eye
- shiner
- black eye
noun
a hand-operated electronic device that controls the coordinates of a cursor on your computer screen as you move it around on a pad; on the bottom of the device is a ball that rolls on the surface of the pad
- computer mouse
verb
to go stealthily or furtively
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is mouse in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
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| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of mouse
M(3) + O(1) + U(1) + S(1) + E(1) = 7 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 mouse
2 other standard-list words use exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
Shorter words from mouse
30 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in mouse. Showing up to 24, longest first.