putrid

putrid is a 6-letter English word with 5 senses as adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Tending to decomposition or decay; decomposed; rotten; -- said of animal or vegetable matter; as, putrid flesh. See Putrefaction. Face value is 9 in Scrabble and 11 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 9 · Words With Friends 11 · 5 senses

Definitions

1. adjective. Tending to decomposition or decay; decomposed; rotten; -- said of animal or vegetable matter; as, putrid flesh. See Putrefaction.
2. adjective. Indicating or proceeding from a decayed state of animal or vegetable matter; as, a putrid smell.
3. adjective. morally corrupt or evil

   "the putrid atmosphere of the court"

4. adjective. in an advanced state of decomposition and having a foul odor- Somerset Maugham

   "horrible like raw and putrid flesh"

5. adjective. of or relating to or attended by putrefaction

   "putrid decomposition"

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in putrid:

turpid

Common word forms

putridly, putridity, putridness

Words from these letters

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