mildew

mildew is a 6-letter English word with 6 senses as noun, transitive verb, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A growth of minute powdery or webby fungi, whitish or of different colors, found on various diseased or decaying substances. Face value is 12 in Scrabble and 14 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 12 · Words With Friends 14 · 6 senses

Definitions

1. noun. A growth of minute powdery or webby fungi, whitish or of different colors, found on various diseased or decaying substances.
2. transitive verb. To taint with mildew.
3. intransitive verb. To become tainted with mildew.
4. noun. a fungus that produces a superficial (usually white) growth on organic matter
5. noun. the process of becoming mildewed

   Synonyms: mold, mould

6. verb. become moldy; spoil due to humidity

   "The furniture molded in the old house"

   Synonyms: mold

Synonyms

mold, mould

Common word forms

mildews, mildewed, mildewer, mildewing

Words from these letters

If you are holding these tiles, the unscrambler for MILDEW lists every valid word you can make from the same letters, including shorter plays.