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Is mission a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word mission is a Scrabble US word. The word mission is worth 9 points in Scrabble:

M3I1S1S1I1O1N1

Is mission a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word mission is a Scrabble UK word and has 9 points:

M3I1S1S1I1O1N1

Is mission a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word mission is a Words With Friends word. The word mission is worth 11 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

M4I1S1S1I1O1N2

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7-letter words (1 found)

MISSION,

6-letter words (1 found)

MIOSIS,

5-letter words (5 found)

IMINO,MINIS,MINOS,MISOS,SIMIS,

4-letter words (17 found)

IONS,ISMS,ISOS,MINI,MINO,MISO,MISS,MONS,MOSS,NIMS,NISI,NOMS,SIMI,SIMS,SINS,SOMS,SONS,

3-letter words (22 found)

INS,ION,IOS,ISM,ISO,MIS,MOI,MON,MOS,NIM,NIS,NOM,NOS,OIS,OMS,ONS,SIM,SIN,SIS,SOM,SON,SOS,

2-letter words (12 found)

IN,IO,IS,MI,MO,NO,OI,OM,ON,OS,SI,SO,

You can make 58 words from mission according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of mission

mission

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin missiō, missiōnem (“a sending, sending away, dispatching, discharging, release, remission, cessation”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmɪʃən/, [ˈmɪʃn̩]
  • Hyphenation: mis‧sion
  • Rhymes: -ɪʃən

Noun

mission (countable and uncountable, plural missions)

  1. (countable) A set of tasks that fulfills a purpose or duty; an assignment set by an employer, or by oneself.
  2. (uncountable) Religious evangelism.
  3. (in the plural, "the missions") Third World charities, particularly those which preach as well as provide aid.
  4. (countable, Catholicism) An infrequent gathering of religious believers in a parish, usually part of a larger regional event with a central theme.
  5. A number of people appointed to perform any service; a delegation; an embassy.
  6. (obsolete) Dismissal; discharge from service
  7. A settlement or building serving as a base for missionary work.
  8. (slang, drugs) A drug run.

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Translations

Verb

mission (third-person singular simple present missions, present participle missioning, simple past and past participle missioned)

  1. (transitive) To send on a mission.
  2. (intransitive) To do missionary work, proselytize.

Further reading

  • “mission”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
  • “mission”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
  • Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “mission”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

Anagrams

  • Ionisms

Finnish

Noun

mission

  1. genitive singular of missio

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French mission, borrowed from Latin missiōnem.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mi.sjɔ̃/

Noun

mission f (plural missions)

  1. mission (duty that involves fulfilling a request)
  2. mission (religious evangelism)

Derived terms

  • mission spatiale
  • missionnaire
  • missionner

Related terms

  • admission
  • démission
  • permission
  • rémission
  • mettre

Descendants

  • → Romanian: misiune
  • → Turkish: misyon

Further reading

  • “mission”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

  • misions

Norman

Etymology

From Old French mission, borrowed from Latin missiō, missiōnem.

Noun

mission f (plural missions)

  1. (Jersey) mission

Old French

Alternative forms

  • mession
  • micion
  • mision

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin missiō, missiōnem.

Noun

mission oblique singular, f (oblique plural missions, nominative singular mission, nominative plural missions)

  1. expense; cost; outlay

Descendants

  • French: mission
  • Norman: mission

Swedish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mɪˈɧuːn/

Noun

mission c

  1. (countable) a mission; a purpose or duty, a task set by an employer
  2. (uncountable) mission; religious evangelism
    inre mission ― domestic mission (evangelizing within the home country)

Declension

Related terms

  • missionär
  • missionsfält
  • missionsförbund

Source: wiktionary.org