Taint

Last Updated: January 2, 2026 at 12:30 PM

Scrabble:5 ptsWWF:6 pts5 letters

Definition of Taint

Noun

A contamination, decay or putrefaction, especially in food.
A tinge, trace or touch.
A mark of disgrace, especially on one's character; blemish.
Tincture; hue; colour.
Infection; corruption; deprivation.

Verb

To contaminate or corrupt (something) with an external agent, either physically or morally.
To spoil (food) by contamination.
To be infected or corrupted; to be touched by something corrupting.
To be affected with incipient putrefaction.
"Meat soon taints in warm weather."
To mark (a variable) as unsafe, so that operations involving it are subject to additional security checks.

Noun

A thrust with a lance, which fails of its intended effect.
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

To damage, as a lance, without breaking it; also, to break, as a lance, but usually in an unknightly or unscientific manner.
To thrust ineffectually with a lance.

Noun

The perineum.

Contraction

Alternative spelling of 'taint.

Anagrams of Taint

Exact Anagrams

1 word using all 5 letters:

Words You Can Make

14 words can be made from the letters in "taint":

5-LETTER WORDS

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3-LETTER WORDS

ain ait ani ant att nit tan tat tin tit

+1 Letter Anagrams

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

+mmattin titman

+sstatin taints tanist titans

Related Word Patterns

TA...Words starting with "ta"...NTWords ending with "nt"All 5-letter words Unscramble "taint"

Rhyming Words

abandonment abasement abashment abatement abducent aberrant abetment abeyant abhorrent abluent abolishment abortifacient abradant abridgement abridgment+5 more

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