tantalus

1. A stand in which to lock up drink decanters while keeping them visible.

2. A stork of the genus Mycteria (formerly Tantalus), especially the American wood ibis, Mycteria americana.

3. Something of an evasive or retreating nature, something consistently out of reach; a tantalising thing.

4. A legendary king of Lydia condemned to stand up to the chin in a pool of water in Hades and beneath fruit-laden boughs only to have the water or fruit recede at each attempt to drink or eat.

5. A locked cellarette with contents visible but not obtainable without a key.

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Top Words by points	Points	Word Game
tantalus	8	Scrabble

2 Letters	Scrabble® Points
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3 Letters	Scrabble® Points
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4 Letters	Scrabble® Points
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5 Letters	Scrabble® Points
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6 Letters	Scrabble® Points
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sultan	6
taunts	6

7 Letters	Scrabble® Points
saltant	7
sultana	7

8 Letters	Scrabble® Points
tantalus	8