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— English words —

• near␣miss n. A miss which was nearly a hit or collision.
• near␣miss n. (By extension) a scenario which ends safely but might well have ended in disaster.
• near␣miss n. (By extension) an attempt which fails narrowly; a performance which falls just short of a certain benchmark.

30 English words from 3 English definitions

attempt benchmark but By␣extension certain collision disaster ended ended␣in ends extension fails falls have hit just might miss narrowly nearly of␣a of␣a␣certain performance safely scenario short short␣of was well which

One suffix (New word found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

near␣misses

21 words-in-word (Words found as is inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

arm Arm ARM Arm. ear EAR 'ear ISS Mis MIs MIS mis- miss Miss MISS Miss. NEA near Near RMI RMIs

7 words-in-word RTL (Words found written from right to left, inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

MRA Rae sim Sim SIM SSI S.S.I.

6 anagrams (New words found by changing the order of the letters.)

arsenism Erismans maresins Reismans seminars sirnames

29 anagrams found with an extra letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word and an extra letter.)

aneurisms armenisms Armenisms barminess Erasmians e-seminars instreams Maoriness mardiness Marinases marinises masarines masonries misanswer mislearns misnamers misreason Nasserism prismanes romanises Romanises rosamines Sanderism Seminaras semirants Shiremans Sirmanses smearings Sumerians

40 anagrams found minus a letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word minus a letter.)

Amreins Amrines arnises arsines Eismans Erisman esirnas esiRNAs inseams Isemans mainers Mainers Mairses manises Mansers maresin Mariens marines Marines massier Merinas Messian Messina Minases Minears Misners Nerissa Raismes Reimans Reisman remains Riemans samisen sarmies sarnies sea-rims seminar sesamin Sirmans sirname

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