Definition of TARTNESS

tartness

Plural: tartnesses

Noun

  • The quality or state of being tart or sour.
  • the taste experience when vinegar or lemon juice is taken into the mouth
  • a sharp sour taste
  • a rough and bitter manner
  • The characteristic of being tart; sharpness of taste.

Examples

  • The TARTNESS of the challenge only made her more determined to win the Words With Friends game.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English *tartnesse, from Old English teartnes (“sharpness, severity, asperity”), equivalent to tart + -ness.

Scrabble Score: 8

tartness: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
tartness: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
tartness: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 9

tartness: valid Words With Friends Word