Definition of mess

"mess" in the noun sense

1. mess, messiness, muss, mussiness

a state of confusion and disorderliness

"the house was a mess"

"she smoothed the mussiness of the bed"

2. fix, hole, jam, mess, muddle, pickle, kettle of fish

informal terms for a difficult situation

"he got into a terrible fix"

"he made a muddle of his marriage"

3. mess

soft semiliquid food

"a mess of porridge"

4. mess

a meal eaten in a mess hall by service personnel

5. mess, mess hall

a (large) military dining room where service personnel eat or relax

6. batch, deal, flock, good deal, great deal, hatful, heap, lot, mass, mess, mickle, mint, mountain, muckle, passel, peck, pile, plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, sight, slew, spate, stack, tidy sum, wad

often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent

"a batch of letters"

"a deal of trouble"

"a lot of money"

"he made a mint on the stock market"

"see the rest of the winners in our huge passel of photos"

"it must have cost plenty"

"a slew of journalists"

"a wad of money"

"mess" in the verb sense

1. mess

eat in a mess hall

2. mess, mess up

make a mess of or create disorder in

"He messed up his room"

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Quotations for mess

One wicked weed spoils a whole mess of porridge. [ Proverb ]

My cow gives a good mess of milk, and then kicks it down. [ Proverb ]

mess in Scrabble®

The word mess is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 6

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Play In The Letters mess:

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mess in Words With Friends™

The word mess is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 7

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Play In The Letters mess:

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Word Growth involving mess

Shorter words in mess

ess

me

Longer words containing mess

message messages remessages

message remessage remessaged

message remessage remessages

messaging remessaging

messed

messenger messengers nonmessengers

messenger nonmessenger nonmessengers

messes

messiah

messianic

messier

messiest

messily

messiness

messing

messmate messmates

messy nonmessy

messy unmessy