spoilsome

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It's a recognised English word, but it isn't in the official NASPA Scrabble word list.

Scrabble points
13
Words With Friends
16
Letters
9

Definition of spoilsome

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. Characterised by spoiling or ruin; ruinous
    “They muss our Monday washing up; on Tuesdays steal our tubs; a most distressful nuisance are these soilsome, spoilsome Blubs.”
    “A childish (and Rousseau-ist) view of children as noble savages often is part of a belief that nature is a sweet garden and science and technology are spoilsome intrusions.”
    “In my country, it's awful weather. And spoilsome weather.”
    “Back in the spoilsome comforts of Kodiak and about to fly south again, I trade friendly barbs with my skipper over the seven-day St. Matthew opening.”
    “My spoilsome sin is ever in front of my face.”

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Etymology

From spoil + -some.

Anagrams of spoilsome

2 plays · some not in Scrabble

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Words you can make from spoilsome

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1 word

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6 words

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5-letter words

67 words

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3-letter words

5 words

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