What does MIDDLE mean?

Pronunciation
/ˈmɪdəl/
Letters
6
Scrabble score
10
Words With Friends score
12
How common
Very common

Meaning

noun

  1. an area that is approximately central within some larger region“it is in the center of town”
  2. an intermediate part or section“A whole is that which has beginning, middle, and end”
  3. the middle area of the human torso (usually in front)“young American women believe that a bare midriff is fashionable”
  4. time between the beginning and the end of a temporal period“the middle of the war”

adjective

  1. being neither at the beginning nor at the end in a series“adolescence is an awkward in-between age”
  2. equally distant from the extremes
  3. of a stage in the development of a language or literature between earlier and later stages“Middle English is the English language from about 1100 to 1500”
  4. between an earlier and a later period of time“in the middle years”

Definitions from Princeton WordNet 3.0.

Other forms

middled12middler11middles11

Anagrams of MIDDLE

No other word in the ENABLE list uses exactly these letters.

Words inside MIDDLE

36 shorter words can be made from these letters. Here are the most useful.

deli5died6dime7 idle5 lied5 lime6 meld7mild7 mile6 del4did5die4 dim6 elm5led4lei3lid4 lie3 med6mel5mid6 mil5 de3ed3el2 em4 id3 li2 me4mi4

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Questions

Is MIDDLE a valid word in word games?

MIDDLE is in the ENABLE word list, which many word games use, so it is very likely to be accepted. Check your game's own dictionary if a play is challenged.

How many points is MIDDLE worth?

MIDDLE is worth 10 points with Scrabble letter values and 12 with Words With Friends values, before any bonus squares.

What words can you make from MIDDLE?

36 other words, including ME, DID, DE and DIED.