What MEAN Means
- adjective: approximating the statistical norm or average or expected value“the average income in New England is below that of the nation”
- adjective: characterized by malice“a hateful thing to do”
- verb: mean or intend to express or convey“You never understand what I mean!”
- verb: have as a logical consequence“The water shortage means that we have to stop taking long showers”
Similar words
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
MEAN is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 6 in Scrabble and 6 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as M3 E1 A1 N1.
Anagrams of MEAN (4)
Same letters, different order. Any of these plays the same tiles for the same score.
Words Made From The Letters In MEAN
19 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.
3 letter words (9)
2 letter words (10)
Longer Words Containing MEAN
MEAN appears inside each of these, which is what makes it worth knowing as a hook.
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