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5-letter words starting with M

Use this list of five-letter words that start with M to build a quick practice set. Ask your child to say each word out loud, clap the syllables, and try to spell it. Choose 5–10 words at a time to keep practice short and positive.

  • magicnoun

    The power to make impossible things happen

    2 syllablesGrade Grade 2
  • Mainebiographical name

    Sir Henry James Sumner 1822–1888 English jurist

    1 syllablesGrade Grade 4
  • marchnoun

    A border region : frontier; especially : a district originally set up to defend a boundary —usually used in plural

    1 syllables
  • Marchnoun

    A border region : frontier; especially : a district originally set up to defend a boundary —usually used in plural

    1 syllables
  • matchnoun

    A competitive sporting event such as a boxing meet, a baseball game, or a cricket match.

    Grade KScrabble 12
  • maximnoun

    A self-evident axiom or premise; a pithy expression of a general principle or rule.

    Grade Grade 5Scrabble 16
  • meansnoun

    Something intervening or intermediate

    1 syllables
  • meantverb

    To intend.

    1 syllables
  • metalnoun

    Any of various opaque, fusible, ductile, and typically lustrous substances that are good conductors of electricity and heat, form cations by loss of electrons, and yield basic oxides and hydroxides

    2 syllables
  • meternoun

    Systematically arranged and measured rhythm in verse:

    2 syllables
  • meternoun

    Systematically arranged and measured rhythm in verse:

    2 syllables
  • meternoun

    Systematically arranged and measured rhythm in verse:

    2 syllables
  • micronoun

    (gaming slang) micromanagement

    Grade Grade 3Scrabble 9
  • midstnoun

    A place in the middle of something; may be used of a literal or metaphorical location.

    Grade Grade 4Scrabble 8
  • mightauxiliary verb

    —used to express permission, liberty, probability, or possibility in the past

    1 syllables
  • minuspreposition

    Diminished by : less

    2 syllables
  • mixedverb

    To stir together.

    Grade Grade 1Scrabble 15
  • modelnoun

    A usually miniature representation of something; also : a pattern of something to be made

    2 syllables
  • moistadjective

    Slightly or moderately wet : damp

    1 syllables
  • moneynoun

    Officially coined or stamped metal currency

    2 syllables
  • mottonoun

    A sentence, phrase, or word, forming part of an heraldic achievement.

    Grade Grade 2Scrabble 7
  • mountnoun

    A hill or mountain.

    Grade Grade 2Scrabble 7
  • movienoun

    A recorded sequence of images displayed on a screen at a rate sufficiently fast to create the appearance of motion.

    2 syllables
  • musicnoun

    Vocal, instrumental, or mechanical sounds having rhythm, melody, or harmony

    2 syllables