4-Letter Words Starting with M

All 294 four-letter words that start with M

MA

• maar6n. A broad volcanic crater, usually filled with water to form a lake.
• maas6n. Sour milk.
• maat6n. Mate; buddy.
• mabe8n. A mabe pearl.
• maca8n. Any member of the species Lepidium meyenii, an Andean medicinal herb...
• mace8n. A heavy fighting club.
• maci8n. A traditional Chinese rice cake snack made of glutinous rice, peanuts...
• mack12n. An individual skilled in the art of seduction using verbal skills; a...
• maco8n. An Egyptian cotton once used to make underwear and stockings.
• made7n. A grub or maggot.
• mado7n. Any fish in the genus Atypichthys, in Australia mostly Atypichthys...
• mafe9n. An African meat stew thickened with ground peanuts.
• maga7n. Thespesia grandiflora, a tree native to Puerto Rico also planted...
• mage7n. A magician, wizard, sorcerer, witch, warlock or mystic.
• maha9n. A kind of monkey; the wanderoo.
• mahi9n. The work required to complete a task.
• mahr9n. A mandatory gift from the groom (or his family) to the bride (or her...
• mahu9n. A person of the third gender, having traditional spiritual and social...
• maid7n. A girl or an unmarried young woman; maiden.
• mail6n. A bag or wallet.
• maim8v. To wound seriously; to cause permanent loss of function of a limb or...
• main6adj. Of chief or leading importance; prime, principal.
• mair6adj. More.
• maka10n. Eye.
• make10v. To build, construct, produce, or originate.
• maki10n. A ring-tailed lemur (Lemur catta).
• mala6n. A single lobe of an insect's maxilla.
• male6adj. Belonging to the sex which typically produces sperm, or to the gender...
• mali6n. A member of a caste in South Asia whose traditional occupation is...
• mall6n. A pedestrianised street, especially a shopping precinct.
• malm8n. A soft, crumbly, chalky, grayish limestone.
• malo6n. Malolactic fermentation.
• malt6n. Malted grain (sprouted grain) (usually barley), used in brewing and...
• malu6n. A culturally significant tattoo on a Samoan woman's upper leg.
• mama8n. Synonym of mother (“a female parent”).
• mami8n. Mommy, mother.
• mamo8n. Either of two extinct species of Hawaiian honeycreepers of the genus...
• mana6n. Power, prestige; specifically, a form of supernatural energy in...
• mand7n. A verbal operant in which the response is reinforced by a...
• mane6n. Longer hair growth on back of neck of an animal, especially a horse or...
• mang7prep. Amid, amongst, among.
• mank10adj. Disgusting, repulsive.
• mann6n. A fairy chess piece that can move to any adjacent square. It moves like...
• mano6n. A stone resembling a rolling pin, used to grind maize or other grain on...
• mans6n. Synonym of man.
• manu6n. A method of diving similar to a cannonball/bomb but with the lower back...
• manx13adj. Manx (pertaining to the Isle of Man or to the Manx language).
• many9det. Before a countable noun: A large, indefinite number of.
• maon6n. A general term for any hypothetical particle of which a quark or lepton...
• mapa8n. A non-binary parent.
• mapu8n. The supreme being in Meitei folklore, mythology and religion.
• mara6n. A nightmare; a spectre or wraith-like creature in Germanic and...
• marc8n. The refuse matter that remains after fruit, particularly grapes, has...
• mard7v. To cosset (a child).
• mare6n. An adult female horse.
• marg7n. A road.
• mark10n. A stone or post used to indicate position and guide travellers.
• marl6n. A mixed earthy substance, consisting of carbonate of lime, clay, and...
• marm8n. Madam; a polite term of address for a lady.
• mart6n. A shop, a store, a market.
• maru6n. A Japanese ship, especially a merchant ship.
• marv9adj. Marvellous, fantastic.
• marz15n. A first-level administrative entity in Armenia; usually translated as...
• masa6n. A strong form of paper, smooth on one side and lightly textured on the...
• masc8adj. Masculine (having qualities stereotypically associated with men...
• mase6v. To act as a maser; to emit or subject to maser radiation.
• mash9n. A mass of mixed ingredients reduced to a soft pulpy state by beating or...
• mask10n. A cover, or partial cover, for the face, used for disguise or...
• mass6n. A quantity of matter cohering so as to make one body, or an aggregation...
• mast6n. A tall, slim post or tower, usually tapering upward, used to support...
• masu6n. A plant, Hedysarum alpinum, whose edible root is consumed by the Inuit...
• mata6n. A respectful title for a female spiritual leader or for a wife, mother...
• mate6n. A fellow, comrade, colleague, partner or someone with whom something is...
• math9n. Arithmetic calculations; (see do the math).
• mati6n. In Greek culture, a protective symbol resembling an eye, supposed to...
• maty9n. A native house servant in India.
• maud7n. A grey plaid once worn by shepherds in Scotland and Northumbria.
• maul6n. A heavy long-handled hammer, used for splitting logs by driving a wedge...
• maum8n. An elderly woman (often as a title of respect).
• maun6v. To have to; must.
• mava9n. A form of smokeless tobacco combined with with betel nut, lime, etc.
• maxi13adj. Having a hemline at ankle length.
• maxx20v. To enhance one's life by employing looksmaxxing and other similar...
• maya9n. Magic; supernatural power as held by the gods.
• mayo9n. Exaggeration.
• maza15n. An Ancient Greek barley cake.
• maze15n. A labyrinth; a puzzle consisting of a complicated network of paths or...
• mazy18adj. Mazelike; like a maze.

ME

• mead7n. An alcoholic drink fermented from honey and water.
• meal6n. Food that is prepared and eaten, usually at a specific time, and...
• mean6v. To intend, to plan (to do); to have as one's intention.
• meat6n. The flesh (muscle tissue) of a killed animal used as food.
• mech11n. A large piloted combat robot.
• meed7n. A gift; bribe.
• meek10adj. Humble, non-boastful, modest, meager, or self-effacing.
• meem8n. The letter م (m) in the Arabic script.
• meep8interj. Imitating a small animal's cry, particularly a kitten or small bird.
• meer6n. A boundary.
• meet6v. To come face to face with by accident; to encounter.
• mega7adj. Very large.
• mehh12interj. Elongated form of meh (“expressing indifference etc.”).
• meke10n. A traditional dance of Fiji.
• mela6n. A Hindu religious festival.
• meld7v. To combine (multiple things) together; to blend, to fuse.
• mele6n. A chant in Polynesia, especially Hawaii, typically in praise of a...
• mell6v. To say (something); to speak, to tell.
• melt6v. To change (or to be changed) from a solid state to a liquid state...
• meme8n. Any unit of (originally cultural) information, such as a practice or...
• memo8n. A short note; a memorandum.
• mend7v. To physically repair (something that is broken, defaced, decayed, torn...
• mene6n. The high middle singing voice (especially as for a boy) or part in...
• menk10n. An animal described by the Mansi as a "forest giant", with anatomical...
• ment6n. A segment of a performance where artists speak to the audience.
• menu6n. The details of the food to be served at a banquet; a bill of fare.
• menz15n. Synonym of men.
• meon6n. Something akin to unformed matter or being of pure potence.
• meow9interj. Used to indicate the cry of a cat.
• merc8n. A mercenary.
• mere6adj. Just, only; no more than, pure and simple, neither more nor better than...
• merk10v. To run.
• mero6n. Any of several large groupers of warm seas.
• mesa6n. A flat area of land or plateau higher than other land, with one or more...
• mesc8n. The drug mescaline.
• mese6v. To moderate; subdue; abate; mollify.
• mesh9n. A structure made of connected strands of metal, fiber, or other...
• meso6adj. In between the "macro" and "micro" levels of sociological structures.
• mess6n. A thing or group of things in a disagreeable, disorganised, or dirty...
• meta6adj. Self-referential; structured analogously (structured by relationships)...
• mete6v. To dispense, measure in order to dispense, allot (especially...
• mett6n. An old English measure of volume, perhaps equal to two bushels.
• meum8n. Spignel, Meum athamanticum.
• mewl9v. To cry weakly with a soft, high-pitched sound; to whimper; to whine.
• mews9n. An alley where there are stables; a narrow passage; a confined place.
• meze15n. Small portions of starters typical of Turkish, Greek and Levantine...
• mezz24n. Marijuana.

MI

• mibs8n. A game of marbles.
• mica8n. Any of a group of hydrous aluminosilicate minerals characterized by...
• mice8v. To be distracted or inattentive (possibly alluding to a cat being...
• mici8n. Mititei (a popular Romanian dish).
• mick12adj. Easy.
• mico8n. A small South American monkey (Mico melanurus, syn. Callithrix...
• midi7adj. Having a hemline at mid-calf length.
• mids7n. Middle-grade marijuana.
• mien6n. Demeanor; facial expression or attitude, especially one which is...
• miff12n. A small argument; a quarrel.
• mihi9n. A greeting, in Maori culture.
• mija13n. A term of endearment for a woman or girl.
• mijo13n. A term of endearment for a man or boy; dear, darling, my heart.
• mike10n. A microphone.
• miko10n. A Shinto shrine maiden.
• mild7adj. Gentle and not easily angered.
• mile6n. The international mile: a unit of length precisely equal to 1.609344...
• milk10n. A white liquid produced by the mammary glands of female mammals to...
• mill6n. A grinding apparatus for substances such as grains, seeds, etc. (Some...
• milo6n. Sorghum.
• milt6n. The spleen, especially of an animal bred for food.
• milu6n. Père David's deer, a species of deer native to the river valleys of...
• mime8n. A form of acting without words; pantomime.
• mina6n. A monetary unit of ancient Greece and the Middle East, originally...
• mind7n. The capability for rational thought.
• mine6pron. Used predicatively.
• ming7v. To produce through mixing; especially, to knead.
• mini6adj. Miniature, tiny, small.
• mink10n. Any semi-aquatic, carnivorous mammal in the Mustelinae subfamily...
• mino6n. A traditional Japanese raincoat made from straw.
• mins6n. Minutes; plural of min.
• mint6n. A building or institution where money (originally, only coins) is...
• minx13n. A flirtatious, impudent, or pert young woman.
• miny9adj. Of or resembling a mine.
• mire6n. Deep mud; moist, spongy earth.
• miro6n. A large conifer of New Zealand, Pectinopitys ferruginea (syn....
• mirv9v. To attack with MIRV missiles.
• miry9adj. Resembling or characteristic of a mire; swampy, boggy.
• mise6n. The issue in a writ of right.
• misl6n. Any of the twelve sovereign states in the Sikh Confederacy that rose...
• miso6n. A thick paste made by fermentation of soybeans with the mold...
• misr6n. An Arab frontier outpost or garrison town, chiefly in the period of...
• miss6v. To fail to hit, catch, grasp, etc.
• mist6n. Water or other liquid finely suspended in air. (Compare fog, haze.).
• mite6n. Any of many minute arachnids which, along with the ticks, comprise...
• mito6n. Mitochondrial disease.
• mitt6n. A mitten.
• miya9n. A Japanese shrine.

MM

• mmmm12n. Elongated form of mmm.
• mmph13interj. A muffled cry, as of a person whose mouth is covered by a gag.

MO

• moai6n. One of the large stone statues on Easter Island (Rapa Nui).
• moan6n. A low, mournful cry of pain, sorrow or pleasure.
• moat6n. A deep, wide defensive ditch, normally filled with water, surrounding a...
• mobe8n. A mobile phone.
• mobo8n. A motherboard.
• moby11n. A mobile phone.
• mock12n. An imitation, usually of lesser quality.
• moco8n. Rock cavy (Kerodon rupestris).
• mode7n. A particular means of accomplishing something.
• mody10adj. Trendy; fashionable.
• moel6n. A hill having a rounded outline in its upper portion because the summit...
• moer6v. To beat; to thrash.
• moff12n. A moth.
• mogo7n. Cassava.
• moha9n. Foxtail millet (a kind of millet, Setaria italica.
• mohn9n. A sweet pastry filling made of poppy seed paste, especially used in...
• moho9n. The North Island takahē, an extinct rail of New Zealand.
• moil6v. To toil, to work hard.
• moit6n. A particle (such as a burr or piece of straw) embedded in wool.
• mojo13n. A magic spell or hex.
• moka10n. A moka pot.
• moke10n. A donkey.
• moki10n. A trumpeter fish, of the genus Latridopsis.
• moko10n. A traditional Maori tattoo (image made in the skin), traditionally done...
• mola6n. A sunfish, Mola mola.
• mold7n. A hollow form or matrix for shaping a fluid or plastic substance.
• mole6n. A naevus, a pigmented, slightly raised, and sometimes hairy spot on the...
• moll6n. A female companion of a gangster or other criminal, especially a former...
• moly9n. A magic herb or plant used by Odysseus to overcome Circe.
• mome8n. A dull or stupid person.
• momo8n. A type of dumpling, typical of the cuisines of Nepal, Ladakh, and Tibet...
• moms8n. Affectionate term of address for one's mother.
• mona6n. Cercopithecus mona, a West African monkey.
• mone6v. To admonish; advise; explain.
• mong7n. A mingling, mixture, or crowd.
• monk10n. A male member of a monastic order who has devoted his life for...
• mono6n. A bicycle or motorcycle trick where the front wheel is lifted off the...
• mons6n. An extraterrestrial mountain or volcano.
• mont6n. Mount; mountain.
• mood7n. A mental or emotional state, composure.
• moof9interj. Used to indicate the lowing or barking sound of a dogcow or similar...
• mook10n. A disagreeable or incompetent person.
• moon6n. Any natural satellite of a planet.
• moop8v. To keep company, closely associate with.
• moor6n. An extensive waste covered with patches of heath, and having a poor...
• moot6adj. Being an exercise of thought; academic.
• mope8v. To carry oneself in a depressed, lackadaisical manner; to give oneself...
• mops8n. A pug dog.
• mora6n. A delay in bringing a claim.
• more6det. Additional; further.
• morn6n. Morning.
• mort6n. Death; especially, the death of game in hunting.
• mosh9v. To dance by intentionally jumping into and colliding with other...
• moss6n. Any of various small, green, seedless plants growing on the ground or...
• most6adv. Forms the superlative of many adjectives.
• mote6n. A small particle; a speck.
• moth9n. Any flying insect of the order Lepidoptera not in the superfamily...
• moto6n. One of a series of motocross or BMX races.
• mott6n. A copse or small grove of trees, especially live oak or elm.
• motu6n. A reef islet formed by broken coral and sand, surrounding an atoll.
• moue6n. A pout, especially as expressing mock-annoyance or flirtatiousness.
• move9v. To change place or posture; to go, in any manner, from one place or...
• moxa13n. A woolly material obtained from the dried leaves of an Asian species of...
• moya9n. Flowing mud associated with a volcanic eruption (especially in South...
• moza15n. A village or revenue estate.
• mozo15n. A male servant, especially an attendant to a bullfighter.
• mozy18adj. Shaggy; hairy.
• mozz24v. To jinx or give bad luck to.

MS

• msec8n. A millisecond, ¹⁄₁₀₀₀ of a second.

MU

• much11det. A large amount of.
• muck12n. Slimy mud, sludge.
• muda7n. A form of waste, or deviation from optimal allocation of resources...
• muff12n. A piece of fur or cloth, usually open at both ends, used to keep the...
• muga7n. A type of wild silk found in Assam.
• muir6n. A moor.
• muka10n. Prepared fibre of harakeke, used in traditional Maori weaving.
• muke10n. A kind of tree spirit.
• mule6n. The generally sterile male or female hybrid offspring of a male donkey...
• mull6v. To work (over) mentally; to cogitate; to ruminate.
• mulo6n. A vampire.
• mump10v. To mumble, speak unclearly.
• mumu8n. In Papua New Guinea, a feast where a pig is cooked.
• mund7n. A hand.
• mune6adj. Not immune; subject or vulnerable to (something).
• mung7n. Mung bean (Vigna radiata, syn. Phaseolus aureus), cultivated for its...
• muni6n. A municipal bond.
• munt6v. To vomit (usually while drunk).
• muon6n. An unstable elementary particle in the lepton family, having similar...
• mura6n. Nonuniformity in the luminance of a display device.
• mure6n. Wall.
• muri6n. A form of waste, or deviation from optimal allocation of resources...
• murk10adj. Dark, murky.
• murr6n. A purr (produced by any animal).
• muru6n. An act of retaliatory theft among the Maori.
• muse6n. Of a person: a source of inspiration.
• mush9n. A somewhat liquid mess, often of food; a soft or semisolid substance.
• musk10n. A greasy secretion with a powerful odour, produced in a glandular sac...
• muso6n. A pretentious music fan.
• muss6v. To rumple, tousle or make (something) untidy.
• must6v. To do as a requirement; indicates that the sentence subject is required...
• mute6adj. Not having the power of speech; dumb.
• muti6n. Traditional African medicine.
• mutt6n. A mongrel dog (or sometimes cat); an animal of mixed breed or uncertain...
• muzz24v. To make muzzy or hazy; to confuse.

MW

• mwah12n. The hallmark sound of a fretless bass guitar played with a certain...

MY

• mylk13n. A vegan substitute for milk.
• myna9n. One of the South and East Asian birds of the starling family Sturnidae.
• myth12n. A traditional story which embodies a belief regarding some fact or...

MZ

• mzee15n. An elder (old person).

Questions about these words

How many four-letter words that start with M are there?

Word.ws lists 294 four-letter words that start with M, plus 29 rare ones.

What are common four-letter words that start with M?

more, make, most, much, made, many, must and mean.

Which of the four-letter words that start with M has the highest letter score?

muzz scores 24 points with the standard letter tile values.

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