MAT

What MAT Means

1. noun: a thick flat pad used as a floor covering
2. noun: mounting consisting of a border or background for a picture
3. verb: twist together or entwine into a confusing mass“The child entangled the cord”
4. verb: change texture so as to become matted and felt-like“The fabric felted up after several washes”

Similar words

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

MAT is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 5 in Scrabble and 5 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as M3 A1 T1.

Anagrams of MAT (1)

Same letters, different order. Any of these plays the same tiles for the same score.

Words Made From The Letters In MAT

4 shorter words come out of these tiles. On a board that matters more than the long play, because a short word on a premium square often beats a long one on plain squares.

2 letter words (4)

Longer Words Containing MAT

MAT appears inside each of these, which is what makes it worth knowing as a hook.

Next: the Word Unscrambler for any letters at all, and the two and three letter lists. Full entry and definition at Merriam-Webster.