mouth: meaning and words from its letters
5 letters · 10 letter points · starts with M · ends with H
Meaning of mouth
noun
The front opening of a creature through which food is ingested.
Example: "Open your mouth and say 'aah'," directed the doctor.
The end of a river out of which water flows into a sea or other large body of water; or the end of a tributary out of which water flows into a larger river.
Example: The mouth of the river is a good place to go birdwatching in spring and autumn.
An outlet, aperture or orifice.
- slang
A loud or overly talkative person.
Example: My kid sister is a real mouth; she never shuts up.
Listed forms: mouths.
Source: Wiktionary — mouth.
verb
- transitive
To speak; to utter.
Example: He mouthed his opinions on the subject at the meeting.
- transitive
To represent (words or sounds) by making the actions of speech, but silently, without producing sound; to frame.
Example: The prompter mouthed the words to the actor, who had forgotten them.
- intransitive, transitive
To move the mouth, with or without sound; to form (air or words) with the mouth, with or without sound.
- ambitransitive
To utter with a voice that is overly loud or swelling.
Listed forms: mouths, mouthing, mouthed, mouthe.
Source: Wiktionary — mouth.
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 mouth.
noun
the opening through which food is taken in and vocalizations emerge
- oral cavity
- oral fissure
- rima oris
noun
a spokesperson (as a lawyer)
noun
an impudent or insolent rejoinder
verb
express in speech
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is mouth in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of mouth
M(3) + O(1) + U(1) + T(1) + H(4) = 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 mouth
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 mouth
24 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in mouth. Showing up to 24, longest first.