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Yes. The word mister is a Scrabble US word. The word mister is worth 8 points in Scrabble:

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Yes. The word mister is a Scrabble UK word and has 8 points:

M3I1S1T1E1R1

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6-letter words (7 found)

MERITS,MISTER,MITERS,MITRES,REMITS,SMITER,TIMERS,

5-letter words (29 found)

EMIRS,EMITS,ITEMS,MERIS,MERIT,METIS,MIRES,MISER,MITER,MITES,MITRE,REIST,REMIT,RESIT,RIEMS,RIMES,RITES,SMITE,STIME,STIRE,STRIM,TERMS,TIERS,TIMER,TIMES,TIRES,TREMS,TRIES,TRIMS,

4-letter words (42 found)

EMIR,EMIT,ERST,IRES,ITEM,MERI,METS,MIRE,MIRS,MISE,MIST,MITE,REIS,REMS,REST,RETS,RIEM,RIME,RIMS,RISE,RITE,RITS,SEIR,SEMI,SIRE,SITE,SMIR,SMIT,STEM,STIE,STIM,STIR,TEMS,TERM,TIER,TIES,TIME,TIRE,TREM,TRES,TRIE,TRIM,

3-letter words (27 found)

EMS,ERM,ERS,EST,IRE,ISM,ITS,MES,MET,MIR,MIS,REI,REM,RES,RET,RIM,RIT,SEI,SER,SET,SIM,SIR,SIT,SRI,TES,TIE,TIS,

2-letter words (13 found)

EM,ER,ES,ET,IS,IT,ME,MI,RE,SI,ST,TE,TI,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 119 words from mister according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of mister

mister

Pronunciation

  • enPR: mĭsʹ-tər, IPA(key): /ˈmɪstəɹ/
  • (UK) IPA(key): [ˈmɪstə(ɹ)]
  • (US) IPA(key): [ˈmɪstɚ]
  • Rhymes: -ɪstə(ɹ)
  • Homophones: Mr., Mister
  • Hyphenation: mis‧ter

Etymology 1

Unaccented variant of master, attested since the 15th century.

Noun

mister (plural misters)

  1. A title conferred on an adult male, usually when the name is unknown. Also used as a term of address, often by a parent to a young child.
    You may sit here, mister.
    • 1855, George Musalas Colvocoresses, Four Years in the Government Exploring Expedition, J. M. Fairchild & co., page 358:
      Fine day to see sights, gentlemen. Well, misters, here's the railing round the ground, and there's the paling round the tomb, eight feet deep, six feet long, and three feet wide.
Usage notes

Use of the term, enunciated with extra emphasis, may express scorn.

Coordinate terms
  • (titles) (of a man): Mr (Mister, mister), Sir (sir); (of a woman): Ms (Miz, mizz), Mrs (Mistress, mistress), Miss (miss), Dame (dame), Madam (madam, ma'am); (of a non-binary person): Mx (Mixter); (see also): Dr (Doctor, doctor) (Category: en:Titles)
Derived terms
  • sister from another mister
Descendants
Translations

Verb

mister (third-person singular simple present misters, present participle mistering, simple past and past participle mistered)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) To address by the title of "mister". [from 18th c.]
    • 1837-39, Charles Dickens, Oliver Twist
      “Hush! hush! Mr. Sikes,” said the Jew, trembling; “don’t speak so loud!”
      “None of your mistering,” replied the ruffian; “you always mean mischief when you come that. You know my name: out with it! I shan’t disgrace it when the time comes.”

Etymology 2

From Middle English mister, myster, from Anglo-Norman mester, meister (et al.), from Latin misterium, a medieval conflation of Latin ministerium (“ministry”) with Latin mysterium (“mystery”).

Noun

mister (plural misters)

  1. (obsolete) Someone's business or function; an occupation, employment, trade.
  2. (now rare, dialectal) A kind, type of.
  3. (obsolete) Need (of something).
  4. (obsolete) Necessity; the necessary time.

Verb

mister (third-person singular simple present misters, present participle mistering, simple past and past participle mistered)

  1. (obsolete, impersonal) To be necessary; to matter.

Etymology 3

mist +‎ -er.

Noun

mister (plural misters)

  1. A device that makes or sprays mist.
    Odessa D. uses a mister Sunday to fight the 106-degree heat at a NASCAR race in Fontana, California.
Related terms
  • demister

References

Anagrams

  • ermits, merits, miters, mitres, remits, smiter, timers, tremis

Danish

Verb

mister

  1. present of miste

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from English mister.

Noun

mister m (invariable)

  1. mister (appellation)
  2. (soccer) coach (trainer)

Anagrams

  • stremi

Latvian

Noun

mister m

  1. vocative singular of misters

Middle English

Alternative forms

  • maister, mester, mestere, mestier, meyster, mistere, myster, mystere, mystir
  • (early) meoster

Etymology

Borrowed from Anglo-Norman mester, from Medieval Latin misterium, a variant of ministerium influenced by mysterium. Doublet of mysterie (“duty”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /misˈtɛːr/, /ˈmistər/

Noun

mister (plural mysteres)

  1. A station or position in an organisation:
    1. One's job; a profession.
    2. One's role, purpose, or duty.
    3. A proficiency; a learned talent.
  2. An association of tradespeople; a guild.
  3. Requirement; that which is necessary:
  4. A perilous or challenging situation.
  5. A situation of great want or need; penury.
  6. A custom, way, or behaviour.

Derived terms

  • mysteren
  • myster man

Descendants

  • English: mister (obsolete)
  • Scots: mister

References

  • “mister, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-06-17.

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

mister

  1. present tense of miste

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

mister

  1. present of mista

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from English mister.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmis.tɛr/
  • Rhymes: -istɛr
  • Syllabification: mis‧ter

Noun

mister m pers

  1. sir
    Synonym: pan
  2. winner of a beauty pageant

Declension

Further reading

  • mister in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • mister in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese mester, *mẽester, from Latin ministerium (“employment”). Doublet of ministério.

Alternative forms

  • mester

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: mis‧ter

Adjective

mister (invariable)

  1. (law) of the utmost importance
  2. necessary
Descendants
  • Macanese: mestê

Noun

mister m (plural misteres)

  1. office, work, employment, occupation, profession
    Synonyms: ofício, profissão, serviço, trabalho
  2. position in a profession
    Synonyms: cargo, posição
  3. need; necessity
    Synonym: necessidade

Etymology 2

Unadapted borrowing from English mister.

Pronunciation

Noun

mister m (plural misters)

  1. Alternative form of míster

Romanian

Alternative forms

  • misteriu

Etymology

Borrowed from French mystère.

Noun

mister n (plural mistere)

  1. mystery

Declension

Swedish

Verb

mister

  1. present indicative of mista

Anagrams

  • Merits, smiter

Source: wiktionary.org