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Definition of tempered

"tempered" in the verb sense

1. anneal, temper, normalize

bring to a desired consistency, texture, or hardness by a process of gradually heating and cooling

"temper glass"

2. temper, harden

harden by reheating and cooling in oil

"temper steel"

3. temper

adjust the pitch (of pianos)

4. temper, season, mollify, moderate

make more temperate, acceptable, or suitable by adding something else

"she tempered her criticism"

5. chasten, temper

change by restraining or moderating

"tempered" in the adjective sense

1. tempered, treated, hardened, toughened

made hard or flexible or resilient especially by heat treatment

"a sword of tempered steel"

"tempered glass"

2. tempered

adjusted or attuned by adding a counterbalancing element

"criticism tempered with kindly sympathy"

Source: WordNet® (An amazing lexical database of English)

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Quotations for tempered

Earnestness is enthusiasm tempered by reason. [ Pascal ]

There were in him candor and generosity, which, unless tempered by due moderation, lead to ruin. [ Tacitus ]

Be generous, and pleasant-tempered, and forgiving; even as God scatters favors over thee, do thou scatter over the people. [ Saadi ]

Little eyes must be good-tempered or they are ruined. They have no other resource. But this will beautify them enough. They are made for laughing, and should do their duty. [ Leigh Hunt ]

National character varies as it fades under invasion or corruption; but if ever it glows again into a new life, that life must be tempered by the earth and sky of the country itself. [ John Ruskin ]

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tempered in Scrabble®

The word tempered is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 13

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Play In The Letters tempered:

TEMPERED
(144)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (3 words)

metered, petered, premeet

 

All Scrabble® Plays For The Word tempered

TEMPERED
(144)
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(52)
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The 200 Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays For Words Using The Letters In tempered

TEMPERED
(144)
TEMPERED
(126)
TEMPERED
(96)
PREMEET
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(92 = 42 + 50)
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(48)
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tempered in Words With Friends™

The word tempered is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 15

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Play In The Letters tempered:

TEMPERED
(138)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (3 words)

metered, petered, premeet

 

All Words With Friends™ Plays For The Word tempered

TEMPERED
(138)
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(102)
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(75)
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(75)
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(68)
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(38)
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(27)
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(25)
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(23)
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(22)
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(20)
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(20)
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(20)
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(20)
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(20)
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(19)
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(19)
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(18)
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(18)
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(18)
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(17)
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(17)
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(17)
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(16)
TEMPERED
(16)

The 200 Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays Using The Letters In tempered

TEMPERED
(138)
PREMEET
(104 = 69 + 35)
PREMEET
(104 = 69 + 35)
PREMEET
(104 = 69 + 35)
TEMPERED
(102)
PETERED
(98 = 63 + 35)
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METERED
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(75)
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(75)
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(75)
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(75)
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(75)
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(75)
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(69 = 34 + 35)
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(69)
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(69)
TEMPERED
(68)
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(66)
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(66)
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(66)
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(66)
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(66)
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(66)
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(65 = 30 + 35)
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(64)
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(60)
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(60)
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(60)
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(60)
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(60)
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(57)
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PETERED
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TERMED
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(54)
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(54)
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(54)
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(54)
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(54)
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(54)
PREMEET
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Words within the letters of tempered

2 letter words in tempered (4 words)

emmepere

3 letter words in tempered (6 words)

deemetperpetredtee

4 letter words in tempered (18 words)

deemdeepdeerdeetdemederedermmeetmerepeerpermpertreedteedteemtermterptree

5 letter words in tempered (8 words)

determetedmetermetrepeterreteetepeetreed

6 letter words in tempered (13 words)

deepermeeterpeeredpermedpremedpremetredeemremeetreteedteemedteemertempertermed

7 letter words in tempered (3 words)

meteredpeteredpremeet

8 letter words in tempered (1 word)

tempered

tempered + 1 blank (5 words)

destemperpedometerpermeatedpreemptedpremelted

tempered + 2 blanks (7 words)

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Words containing the sequence tempered

Words that start with tempered (1 word)

tempered

Words with tempered in them (1 word)

tempered

Words that end with tempered (11 words)

badtempereddestempereddistemperedgoodtemperedhottemperedilltemperedquicktemperedretemperedshorttemperedtempereduntempered
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Word Growth involving tempered

Shorter words in tempered

re red

em temper

pe per temper

Longer words containing tempered

badtempered

destempered

distempered

goodtempered

hottempered

illtempered

quicktempered

retempered

shorttempered

untempered