mire


Meanings

  • a soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot
  • deep soft mud in water or slush;
  • a difficulty or embarrassment that is hard to extricate yourself from;
    • "the country is still trying to climb out of the mire left by its previous president"
    • "caught in the mire of poverty"
  • entrap;
    • "Our people should not be mired in the past"
  • cause to get stuck as if in a mire;
    • "The mud mired our cart"
  • be unable to move further;
  • soil with mud, muck, or mire;
  • MIRE v MIRED, MIRING, MIRES to cause to stick in swampy ground


Scrabble Score: 6

mire is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word

mire is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary

mire is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary


Words With Friends Score: 7

mire is a valid Words With Friends word