tainture

Noun

Dirtiness; uncleanliness; contamination, tainting.

Origin / Etymology

Perhaps taint + -ure; perhaps from Middle French tainture (“dye; dyeing; tincture”). Doublet of teinture, tinctura, and tincture.

Scrabble Score: 8

tainture: not valid in Scrabble (US) TWL Dictionary
tainture: not valid in Scrabble (MW) Merriam-Webster Dictionary
tainture: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 0

tainture: not valid in Words With Friends