What TAPERING Means
- adjective: becoming gradually narrower“long tapering fingers”
- adjective: gradually decreasing until little remains
- noun: the act of gradually lowering the size or amount“the doctor prescribed the tapering of the dose”
Similar words
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
TAPERING is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 11 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as T1 A1 P3 E1 R1 I1 N1 G2.
Anagrams of TAPERING (1)
Same letters, different order. Any of these plays the same tiles for the same score.
Words Made From The Letters In TAPERING
381 shorter words come out of these tiles. On a board that matters more than the long play, because a short word on a premium square often beats a long one on plain squares.
7 letter words (13)
6 letter words (47)
AIGRETAPTINGARGENTARPENTEARINGEATINGENGIRTENRAPTENTRAPGAINERGAITERGAPIERGARNETGRAINEGRATININGATENIPTERPANIERPANTERPANTIEPARENTPARGETPARINGPATINEPINETAPINGERPIRATEPRATIEPTERIAPTERINRAPINERATINERATINGREAGINREGAINREGINARETAINRETINATAEINGTAGINETANGIETAPINGTARINGTEAINGTIRAGETREPANTRIAGE
5 letter words (84)
AGENTAGRINANGERANTREAPERTAPINGAPTERARPENATRIPENTIAERINGGAPERGARNIGATERGENIPGIANTGRAINGRAIPGRANTGRAPEGRATEGREATGREINGRIPEGRIPTINAPTINEPTINERTINTERINTRAIRATENEPITNGATINIGERNITERNITREPAGERPAGRIPAINTPAIREPARGEPARTIPATENPATERPATINPEARTPERAIPETARPETRIPIERTPIETAPINTAPRANGPRATEPRENTPRINTRAINERANGERANGIREGNAREIGNRENGARENIGREPINRETAGRETIARIANTRIPENTANGITAPENTAPERTAPIRTARGETENIATERAITERGATIGERTINEATINGETRAGITRAINTRAPETRINETRIPE
4 letter words (127)
AGENAGERAGINAINEAIRNAIRTANTEANTIAPERAREGARETARTIEARNEINAETNAGAENGAINGAIRGAITGANEGANTGAPEGAREGARIGARTGATEGEANGEARGEATGEITGENAGENTGERTGETAGIENGIRNGIRTGITEGNARGNATGRANGRATGRENGRINGRIPGRITNAPENARENEAPNEARNEATNGAINIPANITEPAGEPAINPAIRPANEPANGPANTPAREPARTPATEPEAGPEANPEARPEATPEINPENIPENTPERIPERNPERTPIANPIERPIETPINAPINEPINGPINTPIRNPITAPRATPRIGRAGERAGIRAINRAITRANGRANIRANTRAPTRATEREANREAPREINRENTRINERINGRIPERIPTRITETAIGTAINTANETANGTAPETARETARNTARPTEARTEINTEPATERNTIANTIARTIERTIGETINATINETINGTIRETRAPTRIETRIGTRINTRIP
3 letter words (88)
AGEAINAIRAITANEANIANTAPEAPTAREARTATEEANEAREATENGERAERGERNETAGAEGANGAPGARGATGENGERGETGIEGINGIPGITINGIREITANAENAGNAPNATNEGNEPNETNIENIPNITPANPARPATPEAPEGPENPERPETPIAPIEPIGPINPIRPITPRERAGRAIRANRAPRATREGREIRENREPRETRIARIGRINRIPRITTAETAGTAITANTAPTARTEATEGTENTIETIGTINTIP
2 letter words (22)
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