tame

VERBADJECTIVE /teɪm/
4 LETTERS · 1 SYLLABLE · STARTS WITH T

tame is a valid 4-letter word worth 6 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends.

SCRABBLE WORDS WITH FRIENDS
T1A1M3E1
1 + 1 + 3 + 1 =6 PTS
DOUBLE WORD → 12TRIPLE WORD → 18
MEANING

What does tame mean?

VERB · 5 SENSES
1

Correct by punishment or discipline.

2

Make less strong or intense; soften.

“The author finally tamed some of his potentially offensive statements”

3

Overcome the wildness of; make docile and tractable.

“He tames lions for the circus”

4

Make fit for cultivation, domestic life, and service to humans.

“The wolf was tamed and evolved into the house dog”

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5

Adapt (a wild plant or unclaimed land) to the environment.

“tame the soil”

ADJECTIVE · 4 SENSES
1

Brought from wildness into a domesticated state.

“tame animals”

“fields of tame blueberries”

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2

Very docile.

“tame obedience”

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3

Flat and uninspiring.

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4

Very restrained or quiet.

“a tame Christmas party”

“she was one of the tamest and most abject creatures imaginable with no will or power to act but as directed”

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Anagrams of tame

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