taint
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When taint helps
Base Score
5
Before any board-specific bonus
Unique Letters
4
A I N T
Two-Letter Start
TA
Useful for systematic scans
Ending
NT
Check this pattern late
- 5 letters
- 4 unique letters
- TA start
- NT ending
- repeated letters
Try it when
- taint is worth 5 points before any pangram bonus.
- It uses 4 unique letters, so it can fit boards that include a, i, n, t plus any remaining hive letters.
- Watch the repeated-letter pattern (T x2); those are easy points to miss when scanning quickly.
- The NT ending makes this a useful pattern check after you try the TA start.
- BuzzyWords has saved this word in 2 published Daily snapshots.
Pronunciation
noun
A contamination, decay or putrefaction, especially in food
noun
A mark of disgrace, especially on one's character; blemish
noun
Tincture; hue; colour
noun
Infection; corruption; deprivation
noun
A marker indicating that a variable is unsafe and should be subjected to additional security checks.
verb
To contaminate or corrupt (something) with an external agent, either physically or morally.
verb
To spoil (food) by contamination.
verb
To be infected or corrupted; to be touched by something corrupting.
verb
To be affected with incipient putrefaction.
"Meat soon taints in warm weather."
verb
To mark (a variable) as unsafe, so that operations involving it are subject to additional security checks.
verb
To invalidate (a share capital account) by transferring profits into it.
noun
A thrust with a lance, which fails of its intended effect.
noun
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.
verb
To hit or touch lightly, in tilting.
verb
To thrust ineffectually with a lance.
noun
The perineum.