contaminant
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- 15
- Words With Friends
- 20
- Letters
- 11
Definition of contaminant
1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
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That which contaminates; an impurity; foreign matter.
“Put the lid on the jar to keep contaminants out.”
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Etymology
Borrowed from French contaminant, present participle of contaminer (“to contaminate”), from Latin contāmināre. By surface analysis, contaminate + -ant.
Words you can make from contaminant
200+ playable · top: ANATOMIC (12 pts)
Best play anatomic 12 points8-letter words
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9 words6-letter words
35 words- ANOMIC 10 pts
- ATOMIC 10 pts
- CAIMAN 10 pts
- CAMION 10 pts
- MANIAC 10 pts
- MANIOC 10 pts
- MANTIC 10 pts
- TOMCAT 10 pts
- ACTION 8 pts
- AMNION 8 pts
- ATONIC 8 pts
- CANNON 8 pts
- CANNOT 8 pts
- CANTON 8 pts
- CATION 8 pts
- INCANT 8 pts
- INTACT 8 pts
- MANITO 8 pts
- MANNAN 8 pts
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- NOMINA 8 pts
- NONMAN 8 pts
- OCTANT 8 pts
- TANNIC 8 pts
- TATAMI 8 pts
- TINMAN 8 pts
- TITMAN 8 pts
- ANATTO 6 pts
- ANNONA 6 pts
- ANOINT 6 pts
- ATONIA 6 pts
- ATTAIN 6 pts
- NATANT 6 pts
- NATION 6 pts
- TANNIN 6 pts
5-letter words
41 words- AMNIC 9 pts
- MACON 9 pts
- MANIC 9 pts
- MONIC 9 pts
- ACTIN 7 pts
- AMAIN 7 pts
- AMINO 7 pts
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- CANNA 7 pts
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- CANTO 7 pts
- COATI 7 pts
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- COTTA 7 pts
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- TACIT 7 pts
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4-letter words
53 words- CAMI 8 pts
- CAMO 8 pts
- COMA 8 pts
- MICA 8 pts
- ACAI 6 pts
- ACTA 6 pts
- AMIA 6 pts
- AMIN 6 pts
- ATMA 6 pts
- ATOM 6 pts
- CAIN 6 pts
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- CIAO 6 pts
- CION 6 pts
- COAT 6 pts
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- CONI 6 pts
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- ICON 6 pts
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- OMIT 6 pts
- OTIC 6 pts
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- INTO 4 pts
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- NONA 4 pts
- NONI 4 pts
- NOTA 4 pts
- TAIN 4 pts
- TIAN 4 pts
- TINT 4 pts
- TOIT 4 pts
3-letter words
45 words- CAM 7 pts
- MAC 7 pts
- MIC 7 pts
- MOC 7 pts
- ACT 5 pts
- AIM 5 pts
- AMA 5 pts
- AMI 5 pts
- CAN 5 pts
- CAT 5 pts
- CON 5 pts
- COT 5 pts
- MAN 5 pts
- MAT 5 pts
- MOA 5 pts
- MOI 5 pts
- MON 5 pts
- MOT 5 pts
- NAM 5 pts
- NIM 5 pts
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- OCA 5 pts
- OMA 5 pts
- TAM 5 pts
- TIC 5 pts
- TOM 5 pts
- AIN 3 pts
- AIT 3 pts
- ANA 3 pts
- ANI 3 pts
- ANT 3 pts
- ATT 3 pts
- INN 3 pts
- ION 3 pts
- NAN 3 pts
- NIT 3 pts
- NOT 3 pts
- OAT 3 pts
- TAN 3 pts
- TAO 3 pts
- TAT 3 pts
- TIN 3 pts
- TIT 3 pts
- TON 3 pts
- TOT 3 pts
2-letter words
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