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/maɪnd/
nounverb

MIND meaning: the capacity for thought, awareness, memory, or focus; MIND scores 7 Scrabble points and has no anagrams.

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Noun 4 meanings

  1. The capability for rational thought.

    “Despite advancing age, his mind was still as sharp as ever.”

  2. The ability to be aware of things.

    “There was no doubt in his mind that they would win.”

  3. The ability to remember things.

    “My mind just went blank.”

  4. The ability to focus the thoughts.

    “I can’t keep my mind on what I’m doing.”

Verb 4 meanings

  1. To bring or recall to mind; to remember; bear or keep in mind.

  2. To remember.

  3. To turn one's mind to; to observe; to notice.

    “Mind the new detour signs. If you don't mind, you'll end up running into bears in the forest.”

  4. To regard with attention; to treat as of consequence.

Definitions: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA) via Kaikki/Wiktextract

Where it comes from

Etymology

From Middle English minde, munde, imynde, imunde, ȝemynde, ȝemunde, from Old English mynd, ġemynd (“mind, memory”), from Proto-West Germanic *mundi, *gamundi, from Proto-Germanic *mundiz, *gamundiz (“memory, remembrance”), from Proto-Indo-European *méntis (“thought”) (compare also mantis, via Greek), from the root *men- (“to think”).

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MIND is a common four-letter English word for the thinking faculty, awareness, memory, or concentration. Collins, NWL2023, and ENABLE include it, and its plain spelling makes the score easy to calculate: M is the expensive tile, while the other three letters add only a few points. The tricky part is distinguishing its noun meaning from the verb mind, as in “mind the gap.”

MIND at a glance

  • MIND is four letters long and scores 7 Scrabble points: M=3, I=1, N=1, D=2.
  • Its definition spans rational thought, awareness, memory, and the ability to focus.
  • No anagram uses the same four letters to make another word.
  • Twenty-one one-letter neighbours include familiar FIND, KIND, MINE, and WIND.
  • Twelve rhymes include FIND, KIND, BLIND, and REMIND.

What does MIND mean?

MIND names the faculty behind reasoning, awareness, memory, and focused attention. In everyday speech, the word can mean a person’s thoughts or their attention: “keep it in mind” asks someone to remember, while “change your mind” means reconsider. Those senses sit close together, so a clue about memory can point to MIND even when it never says “think.”

Grammar gives the same spelling another job. As a verb, mind means pay attention to, take care of, or object to something: “mind the step” and “I don’t mind” use the word differently. That range is an advantage for solving definitions, but it is not a shortcut to another letter arrangement: MIND has 0 anagrams.

MIND meaning, sound, and one-letter neighbours

The MIND meaning has a crowded sound family. Its 12 rhymes overlap with close spellings: FIND, KIND, and WIND are both rhymes and one-letter neighbours, while BLIND and REMIND rhyme without matching the four-letter pattern. That distinction matters: rhyme clues track sound, but a one-letter neighbour changes a single tile.

Twenty-one one-letter neighbours give you more options than those three familiar matches. MINE, MILD, and MINT each differ from MIND by one letter, while less familiar forms such as MINX or TIND deserve a dictionary check before you play. MIND appears in Collins, NWL2023, and ENABLE, but acceptance of a neighbour is separate; your game may use a different word list.

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Questions people ask

How many points is MIND worth in Scrabble?
MIND is worth 7 points in Scrabble before any board bonuses. The tile values are M=3, I=1, N=1, and D=2, which add to 7. A premium letter or word square changes the play total, not the printed value of the word.
Is MIND a valid Scrabble word?
MIND is included in Collins, NWL2023, and ENABLE. Its everyday meanings cover thought, awareness, memory, and focus, and it can function as either a noun or a verb. Check your game's word list before relying on a neighbouring word, since its acceptance is a separate question.
Does MIND have any anagrams?
MIND has no anagrams in the word list. Its letters do make many close one-letter neighbours, including FIND, KIND, MINE, and WIND. Those are different words formed by changing a tile, not rearrangements of all four letters.

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