Tinker
Tinker is a valid word in word games.
- Tile score
- 10 points
- Letters
- 6
- Syllables
- 2
- How common
- Less common
Meaning of tinker
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nounA person who enjoys fixing and experimenting with machines and their parts.
Similar: tinkerer
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nounFormerly a person (traditionally a Gypsy) who traveled from place to place mending pots and kettles and other metal utensils as a way to earn a living.
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nounSmall mackerel found nearly worldwide.
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verbDo random, unplanned work or activities or spend time idly.
“The old lady is usually mucking about in her little house”
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verbWork as a tinker or tinkerer.
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verbTry to fix or mend.
“Can you tinker with the T.V. set--it's not working right”
Similar: fiddle
Definitions from WordNet 3.0, Princeton University.
Anagrams of tinker
- reknit10
Words inside tinker
Words of three letters or more made from its letters, longest first.
- inter5
- inert5
- inker9
- nitre5
- trike9
- trine5
- kiter9
- niter5
- reink9
- kent8
- rent4
- tier4
- tire4
- kern8
- kite8
- knit8
- nite4
- rein4
- rink8
- rite4
- trek8
- keir8
- kier8
- kine8
- kirn8
- tern4
- tike8
- tine4
- ten3
- ink7
- ken7
- kit7
- net3
- tie3
- tin3
- ire3
- kin7
- nit3
- rei3
- ret3
Words that rhyme with tinker
- drinker
- thinker
- linker
- pinker
- sinker
- winker
- freethinker
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