Mashes

6 lettersverbcommon

Updated June 2026

Definition

Third-person singular present tense of mash, meaning crushes or compresses something forcibly.

“He mashes garlic with the flat of a knife before adding it to the pan.”

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Synonyms

crushes pulpssquashespresses

Word Game Tips

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Wordle

Ends in SHES, a common third-person singular pattern, MASH at the start is instantly familiar

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Scrabble

H (4 pts) boosts the score, MASHES is a clean extension of MASH using common tiles

Words Related to Mashes

Anagrams of Mashes

Words that use exactly the same letters as “mashes”.

shames

Words one letter different

Change a single letter of “mashes” to make these 6-letter words — useful for Wordle and crossword clues.

bashes cashes dashes gashes hashes lashes mashed masher masses mathes meshes mushes rashes sashes washes

Words you can make from Mashes

Shorter words formed from the letters in “mashes”.

ahems amess ashes haems hames masse mesas sahme seams sesma shame shams sheas shema smash ahem asem asse haem haes hame hams hems mash

Add a letter to make a longer word

7-letter words you can spell by adding one letter to “mashes”.

marshes mashers mashies messiah

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