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Words starting with TAM
There are 90 words starting with TAM in the standard word-game list. The most common are tammy, tame, tampering, tamed, tampon, tambourine.
Most common, with meanings
| Word | Meaning | Points |
|---|---|---|
| tammy | plain-woven (often glazed) fabric of wool or wool and cotton used especially formerly for linings and… | 12 |
| tame | flat and uninspiring | 6 |
| tampering | the act of altering something secretly or improperly | 14 |
| tamed | brought from wildness into a domesticated state | 8 |
| tampon | plug of cotton or other absorbent material; inserted into wound or body cavity to absorb exuded fluids… | 10 |
| tambourine | a shallow drum with a single drumhead and with metallic disks in the sides | 14 |
| tamper | a tool for tamping (e.g., for tamping tobacco into a pipe bowl or a charge into a drill hole etc.) | 10 |
| tamer | an animal trainer who tames wild animals | 7 |
| taming | The process by which a person, animal or thing is tamed. | 9 |
| tamale | dough stuffed with a meat mixture and sometimes wrapped in corn husks and steamed | 8 |
| tamarind | long-lived tropical evergreen tree with a spreading crown and feathery evergreen foliage and fragrant… | 11 |
| tamable | capable of being tamed | 11 |
| tamal | dough stuffed with a meat mixture and sometimes wrapped in corn husks and steamed | 7 |
| tamandu | small toothless anteater with prehensile tail and four-clawed forelimbs; of tropical South America and… | 10 |
| tamandua | small toothless anteater with prehensile tail and four-clawed forelimbs; of tropical South America and… | 11 |
| tamarack | medium-sized larch of Canada and northern United States including Alaska having a broad conic crown and… | 16 |
| tamarao | small buffalo of Mindoro in the Philippines | 9 |
| tamarau | small buffalo of Mindoro in the Philippines | 9 |
| tamarillo | South American arborescent shrub having pale pink blossoms followed by egg-shaped reddish-brown edible fruit… | 11 |
| tamarin | small South American marmoset with silky fur and long nonprehensile tail | 9 |
| tamarisk | any shrub or small tree of the genus Tamarix having small scalelike or needle-shaped leaves and feathery… | 14 |
| tamasha | A visual art form from Maharashtra, India, involving singing and dancing. | 12 |
| tambac | an alloy of copper and zinc (and sometimes arsenic) used to imitate gold in cheap jewelry and for gilding | 12 |
| tambala | 100 tambala equal 1 kwacha in Malawi | 11 |
| tambour | a frame made of two hoops; used for embroidering | 11 |
| tambourer | One who embroiders on a tambour. | 13 |
| tambura | A type of long-necked lute-like stringed instrument found throughout the world. | 11 |
| tameable | capable of being tamed | 12 |
| tameless | Not tamed | 10 |
| tamely | in a tame manner | 11 |
| tameness | the quality of being vapid and unsophisticated | 10 |
| tamis | A culinary strainer, originally made from worsted cloth. | 7 |
| tamoxifen | an antagonist for estrogen that is used in the treatment of breast cancer | 21 |
| tamp | a tool for tamping (e.g., for tamping tobacco into a pipe bowl or a charge into a drill hole etc.) | 8 |
| tampala | The plant Amaranthus tricolor when used as a vegetable. | 11 |
| tampan | A type of cloth from Indonesia. | 10 |
| tamped | Pounded hard | 11 |
| tamperer | One who tampers. | 12 |
| tamperproof | Resistant to tampering. | 20 |
| tamping | Very angry; fuming. | 12 |
| tampion | plug for the muzzle of a gun to keep out dust and moisture | 11 |
| tamponing | The application of a tampon or plug. | 14 |
All 90 words
- tammy
- tame
- tampering
- tamed
- tampon
- tambourine
- tamper
- tamer
- taming
- tamale
- tamarind
- tamable
- tamal
- tamales
- tamals
- tamandu
- tamandua
- tamanduas
- tamandus
- tamarack
- tamaracks
- tamarao
- tamaraos
- tamarau
- tamaraus
- tamari
- tamarillo
- tamarillos
- tamarin
- tamarinds
- tamarins
- tamaris
- tamarisk
- tamarisks
- tamasha
- tamashas
- tambac
- tambacs
- tambak
- tambaks
- tambala
- tambalas
- tambour
- tamboura
- tambouras
- tamboured
- tambourer
- tambourers
- tambourines
- tambouring
- tambours
- tambur
- tambura
- tamburas
- tamburs
- tameable
- tamein
- tameins
- tameless
- tamely
- tameness
- tamenesses
- tamers
- tames
- tamest
- tamis
- tamises
- tammie
- tammies
- tamoxifen
- tamoxifens
- tamp
- tampala
- tampalas
- tampan
- tampans
- tamped
- tampered
- tamperer
- tamperers
- tamperproof
- tampers
- tamping
- tampion
- tampions
- tamponed
- tamponing
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