Definition of mess

Scrabble & Words with friends points

• mess is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 6
• mess is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 6
• mess is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 7

Definition of mess

• informal terms for a difficult situation (noun)

  Synonyms

  1. fix
  2. hole
  3. jam
  4. kettle of fish
  5. muddle
  6. pickle
• a state of confusion and disorderliness (noun)

  Examples

  1. the house was a mess

  Synonyms

  1. messiness
  2. muss
  3. mussiness
• (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent (noun)

  Synonyms

  1. batch
  2. deal
  3. flock
  4. good deal
  5. great deal
  6. hatful
  7. heap
  8. lot
  9. mass
  10. mickle
  11. mint
  12. mountain
  13. muckle
  14. passel
  15. peck
  16. pile
  17. plenty
  18. pot
  19. quite a little
  20. raft
  21. sight
  22. slew
  23. spate
  24. stack
  25. tidy sum
  26. wad
• make a mess of or create disorder in (verb)

  Examples

  1. He messed up his room

  Synonyms

  1. mess up
• a (large) military dining room where service personnel eat or relax (noun)

  Synonyms

  1. mess hall
• a meal eaten in a mess hall by service personnel (noun)
• eat in a mess hall (verb)
• soft semiliquid food (noun)

  Examples

  1. a mess of porridge

See definition of mess in Merriam Webster