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MISS

4 letters

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Classic 1 pts
Big 1 pts
Super Big 1 pts

MISS is a valid 4-letter Boggle word. It's listed in all three major word lists — TWL06, SOWPODS, and ENABLE1. It scores 1 in Classic, 1 in Big, and 1 in Super Big Boggle.

Word family

MISSES-es 3 MISSING-ing 5 MISSED-ed 3

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MISSINGLY 11
verb
  1. ambitransitivephysicalTo fail to hit, catch, grasp, etc.
    • I fired the gun, but the bullet missed the target.
    • I tried to kick the ball, but missed.
    • She tried to grab hold of the end of the rope, but she missed.
  2. ambitransitivephysicalTo avoid hitting.
    • The driver swerved and just managed to miss the chicken crossing the road.
  3. transitiveTo fail to achieve or attain.
    • The company missed all its sales targets.
  4. transitiveTo fail to experience, attend, partake, take advantage of, etc.
    • Joe missed the meeting this morning.
    • I usually watch the Oscars Ceremonies, but I missed it this year.
    • I'm starving! I missed breakfast this morning.
    • I only left the queue for a moment and now I've missed my turn.
    • This offer is too good to miss.
    • to miss an opportunity, to miss a chance
  5. transitiveTo avoid or escape.
    • The car just missed hitting a passer-by.
    • We missed disaster by the skin of our teeth.
  6. transitiveTo become aware of the loss or absence of; to feel the want or need of, sometimes with regret; to feel sadness at the absence of somebody or something.
    • I miss you! Come home soon!
    • I miss going for walks along the beach.
    • I'm not going to the party, but I don't think I'll be missed.
    • I had left my wallet at home, but I only missed it when I got to the metro.
  7. transitiveTo fail to understand.
    • to miss the joke
  8. transitiveTo fail to notice; to have a shortcoming of perception; overlook.
    • So I'm just going over my early notes, see if I missed anything.
  9. transitiveTo be too late to connect with or meet something or someone (a means of transportation, a deadline, etc.).
    • I missed the plane!
    • "Is Polly still here?" — "No, sorry, you've just missed her. She left a couple of minutes ago."
  10. transitiveTo be wanting; to lack something that should be present (see also adjectival missing).
    • The car is missing essential features.
    • This jigsaw is missing several pieces.
  11. slangtransitiveTo spare someone of something unwanted or undesirable.
    • Miss me with that nonsense!
  12. To fail to help the hand of a player.
    • Player A: J7. Player B: Q6. Table: 283. The flop missed both players!
  13. To fail to score (a goal).
  14. intransitiveobsoleteTo go wrong; to err.
  15. intransitiveobsoleteTo be absent, deficient, or wanting.
noun
  1. A failure to physically hit.
    • In eight shots at the target he had six misses.
  2. A failure to obtain or accomplish something; a failure to succeed.
    • After four top-ten singles, the band's next release was a miss.
    • Your answer isn't exactly right, but it's a very close miss.
    • Jones put the penalty shot over the bar — what a terrible miss.
  3. An act of avoidance (usually used with the verb give).
    • I think I’ll give the meeting a miss.
  4. informalSomeone or something whose loss or absence is felt.
    • Top striker Smith is out injured and will be a big miss for United.
  5. The situation where an item is not found in a cache and therefore needs to be explicitly loaded.
  6. A foul shot that fails to hit the target ball, where the player has, in the referee's judgement, not made every effort to play a legal shot; in addition to conceding points for the foul, the player can be made to play the shot again.
  7. obsoleteError, fault; misdeed, wrongdoing, sin.
  8. obsoleteHurt or harm from a mistake or accident.
  9. obsoleteLoss, lack want; hence, the feeling of loss.
  10. alternativecountableuncountableAlternative spelling of Miss when used as a term of address or title of respect.
    • You may sit here, miss.
    • The dog ate my homework, miss.
  11. countableuncountableAn unmarried woman; a girl.
  12. countableuncountableA kept woman; a mistress.
  13. countableuncountableIn the game of three-card loo, an extra hand, dealt on the table, which may be substituted for the hand dealt to a player.