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   a·miss

   /əˈmis/

   adjective

   • 1. not quite right; inappropriate or out of place: "there was something amiss about his calculations"

   adverb

   • 1. wrongly or inappropriately: "how terrible was the danger of her loving amiss"

   Word Origin Middle English: probably from Old Norse á mis ‘so as to miss’, from á ‘on’ + mis (related to miss1).

   Scrabble Points: 7

   • A

     1

   • M

     3

   • I

     1

   • S

     1

   • S

     1

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