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What does taunt mean? Is taunt a Scrabble word?

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Is taunt a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word taunt is a Scrabble US word. The word taunt is worth 5 points in Scrabble:

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Is taunt a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word taunt is a Scrabble UK word and has 5 points:

T1A1U1N1T1

Is taunt a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word taunt is a Words With Friends word. The word taunt is worth 7 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

T1A1U2N2T1

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5-letter words (1 found)

TAUNT,

4-letter words (5 found)

AUNT,TATU,TAUT,TUAN,TUNA,

3-letter words (10 found)

ANT,ATT,NAT,NUT,TAN,TAT,TAU,TUN,TUT,UTA,

2-letter words (7 found)

AN,AT,NA,NU,TA,UN,UT,

You can make 23 words from taunt according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of taunt

taunt atunt tuant utant autnt uatnt tanut atnut tnaut ntaut antut natut tunat utnat tnuat ntuat untat nutat auntt uantt anutt nautt unatt nuatt tautn atutn tuatn utatn auttn uattn tatun attun ttaun ttaun attun tatun tutan uttan ttuan ttuan uttan tutan auttn uattn atutn tautn utatn tuatn tantu atntu tnatu ntatu anttu nattu tatnu attnu ttanu ttanu attnu tatnu tntau nttau ttnau ttnau nttau tntau anttu nattu atntu tantu ntatu tnatu tunta utnta tnuta ntuta untta nutta tutna uttna ttuna ttuna uttna tutna tntua nttua ttnua ttnua nttua tntua untta nutta utnta tunta ntuta tnuta auntt uantt anutt nautt unatt nuatt autnt uatnt atunt taunt utant tuant antut natut atnut tanut ntaut tnaut untat nutat utnat tunat ntuat tnuat

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Definitions and meaning of taunt

taunt

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /tɔːnt/, enPR: tônt
  • (US) IPA(key): /tɔnt/, enPR: tônt
    • (cot–caught merger) IPA(key): /tɑnt/, enPR: tänt
  • Rhymes: -ɔːnt, -ɑːnt

Etymology 1

Middle French tanter (“to tempt, try, provoke”), variant of Old French tempter (“to try”). Doublet of tempt.

Verb

taunt (third-person singular simple present taunts, present participle taunting, simple past and past participle taunted)

  1. to make fun of (someone); to goad (a person) into responding, often in an aggressive manner.
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Noun

taunt (plural taunts)

  1. A scornful or mocking remark; a jeer or mockery
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Etymology 2

Compare Old French tant (“so great”), French tant (“so much”), Latin tantus (“of such size, so great, so much”). See ataunt.

Adjective

taunt (comparative more taunt, superlative most taunt)

  1. (obsolete, nautical) Very high or tall.

References

  • “taunt”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
  • “taunt”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

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