tauten

Verb

Verb Forms: tautened, tautening, tautens

To make or become stretched or tight.
become taut or tauter
- "the rope tautened"
make taut or tauter
- "tauten a rope"
To make taut; to taut.
To become taut.

Examples

I needed to tauten my grip on the lead with a high-scoring play.
Tauten the rope.
The rope tautened.

Origin / Etymology

From taut + -en.

Synonyms

firm

Scrabble Score: 6

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

Words With Friends Score: 8

tauten: valid Words With Friends Word