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TINCTURES

9 letters

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Classic 11 pts
Big 11 pts
Super Big 18 pts

TINCTURES is a valid 9-letter Boggle word. It's listed in all three major word lists — TWL06, SOWPODS, and ENABLE1. It scores 11 in Classic, 11 in Big, and 18 in Super Big Boggle.

TINCTURES root TINCTURE-s

Word family

TINCTURE 11 TINCTURING 11 TINCTURED-d 11
noun
  1. obsoleteA pigment or other substance that colours or dyes; specifically, a pigment used as a cosmetic.
  2. broadlyA colour or tint, especially if produced by a pigment or something which stains; a tinge.
  3. broadlyfigurativelyA slight addition of a thing to something else; a shade, a touch, a trace.
  4. broadlyA hue or pattern used in the depiction of a coat of arms.
  5. obsoleteThe act of colouring or dyeing.
  6. figurativelyobsoleteA slight physical quality other than colour (especially taste), or an abstract quality, added to something; a tinge.
    • a tincture of orange peel
  7. figurativelyobsoleteA small flaw; a blemish, a stain.
  8. obsoleteSynonym of baptism.
  9. A medicine consisting of one or more substances dissolved in ethanol or some other solvent.
    • tincture of iodine; tincture of cannabis; tincture of opium
  10. broadlyhumorousA (small) alcoholic drink.
  11. An immaterial substance or spiritual principle which was thought capable of being instilled into physical things; also, the essence or spirit of something.
  12. A material essence thought to be capable of extraction from a substance.
  13. The part of a substance thought to be essential, finer, and/or more volatile, which could be extracted in a solution; also, the process of obtaining this.
verb
  1. transitiveTo colour or stain (something) with, or as if with, a dye or pigment.
  2. figurativelytransitiveFollowed by with: to add to or impregnate (something) with (a slight amount of) an abstract or (obsolete) physical quality; to imbue, to taint, to tinge.
  3. transitiveTo dissolve (a substance) in ethanol or some other solvent to produce a medicinal tincture.
  4. intransitiverareTo have a taint or tinge of some quality.