Definitions For Mistake

noun

  • A wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention
  • An understanding of something that is not correct
  • Part of a statement that is not correct
  • Something that is not correct : a wrong action, statement, or judgment

verb

  • To make a mistake or be incorrect
  • Identify incorrectly
  • To understand (something or someone) incorrectly
  • To make a wrong judgment about (something)
  • To identify (someone or something) incorrectly

Is Mistakes a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends YES
Scrabble US YES
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) YES
Scrabble Global YES
Enable1 Dictionary YES

Points in Different Games

Scrabble
14
Words with Friends
15

The word Mistake is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends

Examples of Mistake in a Sentence

  • The auctioneer mistook my nod for a bid, and I ended up buying a painting I don't even like
  • You seriously mistake me if you think I scare so easily
  • It would be a mistake to assume that we can rely on their help.
  • There must be some mistake.
  • The manuscript contains numerous spelling mistakes.

Synonyms for Mistake

Antonyms for Mistakes

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