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Taints

Scrabble:6 ptsWWF:7 pts6 letters
Definition of Taints

noun

  1. A contamination, decay or putrefaction, especially in food
  2. A mark of disgrace, especially on one's character; blemish
  3. Tincture; hue; colour
  4. Infection; corruption; deprivation
  5. A marker indicating that a variable is unsafe and should be subjected to additional security checks.

verb

  1. To contaminate or corrupt (something) with an external agent, either physically or morally.
  2. To spoil (food) by contamination.
  3. To be infected or corrupted; to be touched by something corrupting.
  4. To be affected with incipient putrefaction.

    "Meat soon taints in warm weather."

  5. To mark (a variable) as unsafe, so that operations involving it are subject to additional security checks.

noun

  1. A thrust with a lance, which fails of its intended effect.
  2. An injury done to a lance in an encounter, without its being broken; also, a breaking of a lance in an encounter in a dishonorable or unscientific manner.

verb

  1. To damage, as a lance, without breaking it; also, to break, as a lance, but usually in an unknightly or unscientific manner.
  2. To hit or touch lightly, in tilting.
  3. To thrust ineffectually with a lance.

noun

  1. The perineum.
Anagrams of Taints

3 words can be made by rearranging all the letters of "taints":

statintanisttitans

+1 Letter Anagrams

Words formed by adding one letter to "taints" and rearranging:

+aattains
+ddistant
+einstatesatinet
+gstatingtasting
+ititians
+llattins
+mmattins
+ninstant
+ostation
+rtransit
Related Word Patterns
TA...Words starting with "ta"...TSWords ending with "ts"All 6-letter wordsUnscramble "taints"
Letter Values
t1
a1
i1
n1
t1
s1

Total: 6 Scrabble points

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Rhymes With Taints
abandonmentsabasementsabashmentsabatementsabbotsabductsaberrantsabetmentsabetsabiogenistsablautsableists
Related 6-Letter Words
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Word Validity & Sources

SOWPODS (International Scrabble): Valid
TWL (US/Canada Scrabble): Valid
Words With Friends: Valid
Last verified: December 2024

Dictionary data sourced from SOWPODS (178,691 words), combining TWL (Tournament Word List) and the Collins Scrabble Words dictionary. Definitions from Free Dictionary API and Wordnik.

About the Word "Taints"

Taints is a 6-letter word that scores 6 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words With Friends. The letters in "taints" can be rearranged to form 3 other valid words.

Using "Taints" in Word Games

When playing Scrabble or Words With Friends, "taints" is a low-scoring word.