muss

muss is a 4-letter English word with 6 senses as noun, transitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A scramble, as when small objects are thrown down, to be taken by those who can seize them; a confused struggle. Face value is 6 in Scrabble and 8 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

4 letters · Scrabble 6 · Words With Friends 8 · 6 senses

Definitions

1. noun. A scramble, as when small objects are thrown down, to be taken by those who can seize them; a confused struggle.
2. noun. A state of confusion or disorder; -- prob. variant of mess, but influenced by muss, a scramble.
3. transitive verb. To disarrange, as clothing; to rumple.
4. noun. A term of endearment.
5. noun. a state of confusion and disorderliness

   "the house was a mess"

   "she smoothed the mussiness of the bed"

   Synonyms: mess, messiness, mussiness

6. verb. make messy or untidy

   "the child mussed up my hair"

   Synonyms: tussle

Synonyms

mess, messiness, mussiness, tussle

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in muss:

sums

Common word forms

mus, mussal, mussed, musses, mussing, mussable

Words from these letters

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