anoint

anoint is a 6-letter English word with 5 senses as transitive verb and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To smear or rub over with oil or an unctuous substance; also, to spread over, as oil. Face value is 6 in Scrabble and 8 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

6 letters · Scrabble 6 · Words With Friends 8 · 5 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. To smear or rub over with oil or an unctuous substance; also, to spread over, as oil.
2. transitive verb. To apply oil to or to pour oil upon, etc., as a sacred rite, especially for consecration.
3. past participle. Anointed.
4. verb. administer an oil or ointment to ; often in a religious ceremony of blessing

   Synonyms: anele, embrocate, inunct, oil

5. verb. choose by or as if by divine intervention

   "She was anointed the head of the Christian fundamentalist group"

Synonyms

anele, embrocate, inunct, oil

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in anoint:

nation

Common word forms

anoints, anointed, anointer, anointing, anointment

Words from these letters

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