Dictionary Entry
rancid
rancid is a 6-letter English word with 3 senses as adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Having a rank smell or taste, from chemical change or decomposition; musty; as, rancid oil or butter. 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 · 3 senses
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- 1adjective
Having a rank smell or taste, from chemical change or decomposition; musty; as, rancid oil or butter.
- 2adjective
smelling of fermentation or staleness
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- 3adjective
(used of decomposing oils or fats) having a rank smell or taste usually due to a chemical change or decomposition
"rancid butter"
"rancid bacon"
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