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4 Letter Words Starting With M

There are 302 four-letter words starting with M. 211 of them are playable in Scrabble or Words With Friends, 58 are everyday English, and the highest scorer is muzz at 24 points.

The words

All 302 of them, everyday words first.

Everyday words 58

Word-game words 153

Archaic and rare 91

What is in this list

Every word carries its Scrabble score; hover one to see its Words With Friends score, which differs because the two games value tiles differently. Both are raw tile totals and exclude double- and triple-letter squares, since those depend on where you put the word rather than on the word itself.

Words in total
302
Playable in Scrabble or Words With Friends
211 (70%)
Everyday words
58
Archaic or rare
91
Highest Scrabble score
muzz at 24
Average Scrabble score
7.9
Letters that turn up most
M 100%, A 37%, O 34%, E 25%, I 25%, S 21%

Questions

How many 4 letter words start with M?
302, across every dictionary this site merges. 58 of those are everyday English, 153 are valid in word games without being words you would say out loud, and 91 come from Webster's 1913 and are largely obsolete.
Which of them are valid in Scrabble?
209 appear in ENABLE, the word list Scrabble and Words With Friends programs check against. The 91 archaic entries are shown last and labelled, because a word game will usually reject them.
What is the highest-scoring 4 letter word that start with M?
muzz, worth 24 in Scrabble and 26 in Words With Friends. Both are raw tile values, before any double- or triple-letter square.
Which are the most common?
By frequency in ordinary English: more, most, make, many, mail, must, made, much. The list below is in that order, so the words you are most likely to want come first.

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