Words That Start With

M

English words beginning with “M” — sorted by frequency

✦198 words found

🟩14 Wordle words

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🟩 5-Letter Words Starting With M

14 Wordle words

These are valid 5-letter words — exactly the format Wordle uses every day.

MERIT MERGE MEANS MELEE MERRY METIS METER METAL MEIDO MECCA MESNE MESEL MEMOR MEARE

🎯 4-Letter Words Starting With M

16 words

Useful for Scrabble, crossword fill-ins, and short word puzzles.

MEWL MEAN MEEK MEND MEET MESS MERE MEAT MESA MEAD MELD MESH MERM MEED MEOW MEME

All Words Starting With M

198 words — most common first

Sorted by how frequently each word appears in written English.

Word	Letters	Syllables	Type	Definition
melancholy	10	4	noun	Great sadness or depression, especially of a thoughtful or introspective nature.
malevolent	10	4		Having or displaying ill will; wishing harm on others.
malaise	7	2	noun	A feeling of general bodily discomfort, fatigue or unpleasantness, often at the onset of illness.
mellow	6	2	noun	(also figuratively, of food or drink, or its flavour) Matured and smooth, and not acidic, harsh, or sharp.
meticulous	10	4		Characterized by very precise, conscientious attention to details.
melancholic	11	4	noun	Filled with or affected by melancholy—great sadness or depression, especially of a thoughtful or introspective nature.
mewl	4	1	noun	To cry weakly with a soft, high-pitched sound; to whimper; to whine.
malign	6	2	verb	Malevolent.
mean	4	1	verb	To intend.
mendacious	10	3		(of a person) Lying, untruthful or dishonest.
meticulously	12	5		In a meticulous manner.
malady	6	3	noun	Any ailment or disease of the body; especially, a lingering or deep-seated disorder.
merit	5	2	noun	(countable, uncountable) Something deserving or worthy of positive recognition or reward.
metaphysical	12	5		Immaterial, supersensual, beyond the physical.
meretricious	12	4		Tastelessly gaudy; superficially attractive but having in reality no value or substance; falsely alluring.
malignant	9	3	noun	Harmful, malevolent, injurious.
mellifluous	11	3		(figurative) Sweet, smooth and musical; pleasant to hear (generally used of a person's voice, tone or writing style).
meridian	8	4	noun	(astronomy) In full celestial meridian: a great circle passing through the poles of the celestial sphere and the zenith for a particular point on the Earth's surface.
meander	7	3	noun	(intransitive) To wind or turn in a course or passage
melodramatic	12	5		Exaggeratedly emotional or sentimental.
meager	6	2	verb	Poor, deficient or inferior in amount, quality or extent
meliorate	9	3	verb	(transitive) To make better; to improve; to solve a problem.
mentation	9	3	noun	Mental activity or mental state, including cognition or, more specifically, thinking.
meek	4	1	noun	Humble, non-boastful, modest, meager, or self-effacing.
mentor	6	2	noun	A wise and trusted counselor or teacher.
merriment	9	3	noun	Playful fun.
menacing	8	3	noun	Synonym of threatening in its various senses.
maledict	8	3	verb	accursed, cursed
metamorphosis	13	5	noun	A noticeable change in character, appearance, function, or condition.
mercurial	9	4	noun	(comparable) Having a lively or volatile character; animated, changeable, quick-witted.
mettle	6	2	noun	A quality of courage and endurance.
medium	6	3	noun	A format for communicating or presenting information.
malevolence	11	4	noun	Behavior exhibiting a hostile attitude.
meandering	10	4	noun	Winding or rambling.
mental	6	2	noun	(relational) Of or relating to the mind or specifically the total emotional and intellectual response of an individual to external reality.
malefic	7	3	noun	Having an evil or harmful influence; baleful.
mechanism	9	4	noun	(within a machine or machinery) Any mechanical means for the conversion or control of motion, or the transmission or control of power.
meandered	9	3	verb	(intransitive) To wind or turn in a course or passage
mellisonant	11	4		(rare) sweet-sounding; mellifluous
methodology	11	5	noun	(loosely) A collection of methods, practices, procedures and rules used by those who work in some field.
meadow	6	2	noun	A field or pasture; a piece of land covered or cultivated with grass, usually intended to be mown for hay.
metropolis	10	4	noun	A large, busy city, especially as the main city in an area or country or as distinguished from surrounding rural areas.
menace	6	2	noun	A perceived threat or danger.
menagerie	9	4	noun	A diverse or miscellaneous group.
maladroit	9	3	noun	Not adroit; awkward, clumsy, inept.
meaningful	10	3		Having meaning, significant.
merited	7	3		deserved
methodically	12	5		In a methodical manner; with order.
mephistophelean	15	5		Showing the cunning or ingenuity or wickedness typical of a devil.
mend	4	1	verb	(transitive) To physically repair (something that is broken, defaced, decayed, torn, or otherwise damaged).
malefactor	10	4	noun	A criminal or felon.
merciless	9	3		Showing no mercy; cruel and pitiless.
meagre	6	2	noun	Having little flesh; lean; thin.
measure	7	2	noun	A prescribed quantity or extent.
melodrama	9	4	noun	(countable) A drama abounding in romantic sentiment and agonizing situations, with a musical accompaniment only in parts which are especially thrilling or pathetic.
mezzanine	9	3	noun	(architecture) An intermediate floor or storey in between the main floors of a building; specifically, one that is directly above the ground floor which does not extend over the whole floorspace of the building, and so resembles a large balcony overlooking the ground floor; an entresol.
mercenary	9	4	noun	A person employed to fight in an armed conflict who is not a member of the state or military group for which they are fighting and whose primary motivation is private gain.
melody	6	3	noun	A sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase.
measured	8	2		That has been determined by measurement.
melancholia	11	4	noun	Deep sadness or gloom; melancholy
mendacity	9	4	noun	(uncountable) The fact or condition of being untruthful; dishonesty.
melodious	9	4		Having a pleasant melody or sound; tuneful.
malapert	8	3	noun	(archaic) Cheeky, impudent, saucy.
metaphor	8	3	noun	(uncountable, rhetoric) The use of a word, phrase, concept, or set of concepts to refer to something other than its literal meaning, invoking an implicit similarity between the thing described and what is denoted by the word, etc., that is used.
meet	4	1	verb	To make contact (with someone) while in proximity.
merge	5	1	verb	(transitive, intransitive) To combine into a whole.
megalomania	11	6	noun	A psychopathological condition characterized by delusional fantasies of wealth, power, or omnipotence.
merely	6	2		(focus) Without any other reason etc.; only, just, and nothing more.
melange	7	2	noun	A mixture of different things; a disordered mixture.
menage	6	2	noun	Alternative form of ménage. [A household; a domestic situation.]
malapropism	11	5	noun	(uncountable) The blundering use of an absurdly inappropriate word or expression in place of a similar-sounding one.
measly	6	2		(figuratively, informal) Small (especially contemptibly small) in amount.
malapropos	10	4		out of place; inappropriate
melisma	7	3	noun	(music, countable) A passage of several notes sung to one syllable of text.
metier	6	2	noun	Alternative spelling of métier. [Any activity that is pursued as a trade or profession; a calling.]
malaprop	8	3	noun	A malapropism.
mesmerized	10	3		Spellbound or enthralled.
mess	4	1	noun	a thing or group of things in a disagreeable, disorganised, or dirty state; hence a bad situation
mechanical	10	4	noun	Done by machine.
means	5	1	noun	An instrument or condition to achieve a result.
medley	6	2	noun	A collection or mixture of miscellaneous things.
menial	6	3	noun	Of or relating to work normally performed by a servant.
melee	5	2	noun	(especially military, gaming) A battle fought at close range, (especially) one not involving ranged weapons; hand-to-hand combat; brawling.
memento	7	3	noun	A keepsake; an object kept as a reminder of a place or event.
melodic	7	3		Melodious, tuneful.
meekly	6	2		In a meek manner; quietly and humbly.
mewling	7	2	noun	A sound that mewls.
melliloquent	12	4		(archaic) Speaking sweetly or harmoniously.
median	6	3	noun	(statistics) A number separating the higher half from the lower half of a data sample, population, or probability distribution. The median of a finite list of numbers can be found by arranging all the observations from lowest value to highest value and picking the middle one (e.g., the median of {3, 3, 5, 9, 11} is 5). If there is an even number of observations, then there is no single middle value; the median is then usually defined to be the mean of the two middle values.
mere	4	1	noun	Just, only; no more than, pure and simple, neither more nor better than might be expected.
malediction	11	4	noun	A curse.
meditative	10	4		Of or pertaining to meditation.
meaningless	11	3		Lacking meaning.
mesmerizing	11	4		Exercising mesmerism on; spellbinding; enthralling.
member	6	2	noun	One who belongs to a group.
message	7	2	noun	A communication, or what is communicated; any concept or information conveyed.
meaning	7	2	noun	The denotation, referent, or idea connected with a word, expression, or symbol.
metallic	8	3	noun	Of, relating to, or characteristic of metal.
memorandum	10	4	noun	A written business communication.
merry	5	2	noun	Jolly and full of high spirits; happy.
meddle	6	2	verb	To interfere in or with; to concern oneself with unduly.
meritorious	11	5		Deserving of merit or commendation; deserving reward.
methodical	10	4		In an organized manner; proceeding with regard to method; systematic.
mettlesome	10	3		Marked by mettle or bravery; courageous.
maleficent	10	4		Harmful or evil in intent or effect.
meanspirited	12	4		Alternative spelling of mean-spirited. [Having a base, nasty, petty, or malevolent disposition; tawdry.]
maleficient	11	4		(sometimes proscribed) Alternative form of maleficent. [Harmful or evil in intent or effect.]
meat	4	1	noun	(uncountable) The flesh (muscle tissue) of an animal used as food, or a food designed to replicate its taste and texture (like plant-based meat).
method	6	2	noun	(countable) A process by which a task is completed; a way of doing something (followed by the adposition of, to or for before the purpose of the process).
metaphysics	11	4	noun	(philosophy, uncountable) The branch of philosophy which studies fundamental principles intended to describe or explain all that is, and which are not themselves explained by anything more fundamental; the study of first principles; the study of being insofar as it is being (Latin: ens in quantum ens).
messenger	9	3	noun	One who brings messages.
mesa	4	2	noun	Flat area of land or plateau higher than other land, with one or more clifflike edges.
mentality	9	4	noun	A mindset; a way of thinking; a set of beliefs.
meditate	8	3	verb	(intransitive) To contemplate; to keep the mind fixed upon something; to study.
mephitic	8	3		Foul-smelling or noxious, particularly of a gas or atmosphere.
metis	5	2	noun	(Canada) One of three recognized Aboriginal peoples of Canada, descendants of marriages of Cree, Ojibwa, Saulteaux, and Menominee Aboriginal people with French Canadians, Scots and English.
maladaptive	11	4		(psychology) Of behavior, showing inadequate or counterproductive mental and behavioral adaptation to a new situation.
mentioned	9	2	verb	To make a short reference to something.
meter	5	2	noun	A device that measures things.
mead	4	1	noun	(alcoholic beverages) An alcoholic drink fermented from honey and water.