Tainted

/ˈteɪntɪd/

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

Scrabble:8 ptsWWF:9 pts7 letters

Definition of Tainted

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.

verb

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

adjective

Corrupted or filled with imperfections.
"Hey, get that away from me! It was bought with tainted money."
(of data) Originating from an untrusted source.
"Do not use tainted values in SQL queries."

Anagrams of Tainted

Words You Can Make

50 words can be made from the letters in "tainted":

6-LETTER WORDS

attend detain nidate tinted

5-LETTER WORDS

anted entia taint teind tenia tinea tined titan

4-LETTER WORDS

adit aide ante anti date dean deni dent diet dine dint dita dite edit etna+14 more

3-LETTER WORDS

aid ain ait and ane ani ant ate att

+1 Letter Anagrams

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

+oantidote tetanoid

Related Word Patterns

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Synonyms & Antonyms

SYNONYMS

corruptimperfectimpure

Rhyming Words

aahed abandoned abased abashed abated abbreviated abdicated abduced abducted abed aberrated abetted abhorred abided abjured+5 more

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