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Is amiss a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word amiss is a Scrabble US word. The word amiss is worth 7 points in Scrabble:

A1M3I1S1S1

Is amiss a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word amiss is a Scrabble UK word and has 7 points:

A1M3I1S1S1

Is amiss a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word amiss is a Words With Friends word. The word amiss is worth 8 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

A1M4I1S1S1

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5-letter words (4 found)

AMISS,MISSA,SAIMS,SIMAS,

4-letter words (10 found)

AIMS,AMIS,ISMS,MASS,MISS,SAIM,SAIS,SAMS,SIMA,SIMS,

3-letter words (12 found)

AIM,AIS,AMI,ASS,ISM,MAS,MIS,SAI,SAM,SIM,SIS,SMA,

2-letter words (7 found)

AI,AM,AS,IS,MA,MI,SI,

You can make 33 words from amiss according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of amiss

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Note: these 'words' (valid or invalid) are all the permutations of the word amiss. These words are obtained by scrambling the letters in amiss.

Definitions and meaning of amiss

amiss

Etymology

From a- +‎ miss.

Pronunciation

  • (UK, US) IPA(key): /əˈmɪs/
  • Rhymes: -ɪs

Adjective

amiss (comparative more amiss, superlative most amiss)

  1. (chiefly predicative) Wrong; faulty; out of order; improper or otherwise incorrect.
    He suspected something was amiss.
    Something amiss in the arrangements had distracted the staff.

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Translations

Adverb

amiss (not comparable)

  1. (archaic) Wrongly; mistakenly
    • 1899, The Laxdaela Saga (translated by Muriel A. C. Press) Chapter 44
      Then Hrefna said she would coif herself with it, and Thurid said she had better, and Hrefna did so. When Kalf saw that he gave her to understand that she had done amiss; and bade her take it off at her swiftest. "For that is the one thing that we, Kjartan and I, do not own in common."
  2. Astray.
  3. Imperfectly.

Noun

amiss (plural amisses)

  1. (obsolete) Fault; wrong; an evil act, a bad deed.

Further reading

  • “amiss”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
  • “amiss”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

Anagrams

  • Masis, Massi, Samis, Simas, Sisam, missa, saims, simas

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