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3-Letter Words Starting with M

There are 68 three-letter words that start with M on Word.ws, from maa to myn. The most common are may, man, men, mom and met.

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All 68 three-letter words that start with M

MA

  • maa5interj. A bleating sound, as that of a sheep or goat.
  • mab7n. A slattern.
  • mad6adj. Insane; crazy; mentally deranged.
  • mag6v. To steal.
  • mah8part. Asserts that there is a straightforward or self-evident reason for...
  • mal5n. Illness, affliction.
  • mam7n. Mum, mom; diminutive of mother.
  • man5n. An adult male human.
  • mao5n. The ma'oma'o, Gymnomyza samoensis, a large passerine bird native to...
  • map7n. A visual representation of an area, whether real or imaginary, showing...
  • mar5v. To spoil; to ruin; to scathe; to damage.
  • mas5n. A country cottage or farmstead in Occitan-speaking territories.
  • mat5n. A flat piece of coarse material used for wiping one’s feet, or as a...
  • maw8n. The upper digestive tract (where food enters the body), especially the...
  • max12adj. Maximum; maximal.
  • may8v. To be able to go.

ME

  • med6n. Medications, especially prescribed psychoactive medications.
  • mee5n. Chinese-style wheat noodles.
  • meg6n. A nutmeg.
  • meh8adj. Mediocre; lackluster; unexceptional; uninspiring.
  • mel5n. A unit of pitch on a scale of pitches perceived by listeners to be...
  • mem7n. The thirteenth letter of many Semitic alphabets/abjads (Phoenician...
  • men5n. (The) people, humanity, man(kind).
  • mer5n. A repeat unit: a structural unit which through repetition forms a...
  • met5v. To dream; to occur (to one) in a dream.
  • meu5n. Meum athamanticum, a European herb.
  • mew8n. A cage for hawks, especially while moulting.
  • mex12n. The mex of a subset of a well-ordered set is the smallest value from...

MH

  • mhm10interj. Expressing agreement or affirmation.
  • mho8n. A former unit of electric conductance, equivalent to and superseded by...

MI

  • mia5n. An ancient bluffing game played with dice.
  • mib7n. A marble (glass ball used in games), especially one used as a target.
  • mic7n. A microfarad.
  • mid6adj. Occupying a middle position; middle.
  • mig6n. A milligram.
  • mil5n. An angular mil, a unit of angular measurement equal to ¹⁄₆₄₀₀ of a...
  • mim7adj. Demure; shy.
  • min5n. Minoxidil.
  • mir5n. A traditional village community in Imperial Russia, characterised by...
  • mix12v. To stir together.

MM

  • mmm9interj. An emotional expression of satisfaction.

MN

  • mnh8interj. Expressing satisfaction.

MO

  • moa5n. Any of several species of large, extinct, flightless birds of the...
  • mob7n. A large or disorderly group of people; especially one bent on riotous...
  • moc7n. Moccasin (type of shoe).
  • mod6n. An unconventionally modern style of fashionable dress originating in...
  • moe5n. Strong interest in, and especially fetishistic attraction towards...
  • mog6v. To move or walk slowly; to trudge, amble; (more broadly) to go.
  • moh8n. Attachment to the transient material world, which hinders the soul's...
  • moi5pron. Me.
  • mom7n. Mother.
  • mon5n. The former currency of Japan until 1870, before the yen.
  • moo5n. The characteristic lowing sound made by cattle.
  • mop7n. An implement for washing floors or similar, made of a piece of cloth...
  • mot5n. A witty remark; a witticism; a bon mot.
  • mou5part. Sentence-final particle, forming a tag question.
  • mow8v. To cut down grass or crops.
  • mox12n. Energy, vigor, courage, pluck.

MT

  • mth8adj. Occurring at position m in a sequence.

MU

  • mud6n. A mixture of water and soil or fine grained sediment.
  • mug6n. A large cup for beverages, usually having a handle and used without a...
  • mui5n. Chinese plum.
  • mum7n. Mother.
  • mun5v. Must.
  • mux12n. A multiplexer.
  • muy8adv. Very.

MX

  • mxn12n. Feminist spelling of man.

MY

  • myn8n. Feminist spelling of men (plural of man).

Questions about these words

How many three-letter words that start with M are there?
Word.ws lists 68 three-letter words that start with M.
What are common three-letter words that start with M?
may, man, men, mom, met, mid, map and mad.
Which of the three-letter words that start with M has the highest letter score?
mxn scores 12 points with the standard letter tile values.

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Word lists and meanings adapted from the Wiktionary entry of each word. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out names, abbreviations, misspellings and offensive words, and ordered the most common words by how often they appear in English (wordfreq). Meanings from Wiktionary; this is not an official Scrabble, Words With Friends or Wordle word list. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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