mice

Noun

The plural form of 'mouse,' a small rodent.
any of numerous small rodents typically resembling diminutive rats having pointed snouts and small ears on elongated bodies with slender usually hairless tails
a swollen bruise caused by a blow to the eye
person who is quiet or timid
a hand-operated electronic device that controls the coordinates of a cursor on your computer screen as you move it around on a pad; on the bottom of the device is a ball that rolls on the surface of the pad
plural of mouse

Verb

To be distracted or inattentive (possibly alluding to a cat being distracted by a mouse).

Examples

His opponent kept playing tiny words, like little MICE nibbling away at the board.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English mys, mice, muis, mise, mis, from Old English mȳs (“mice”), from an umlauted form of Proto-Germanic *mūsiz (“mice”), nominative and vocative plural of Proto-Germanic *mūs (“mouse”). Compare Scots mice, mise, myse, myce (“mice”), West Frisian mûzen (“mice”), Dutch muizen (“mice”), German Mäuse (“mice”), Swedish möss (“mice”), Faroese mýs (“mice”), Icelandic mýs (“mice”). More at mouse.

Synonyms

black eye, computer mouse, mouse, shiner

Scrabble Score: 8

mice: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
mice: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
mice: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 10

mice: valid Words With Friends Word