Definitions for tinder

tinder tin·der

Spelling: [tin-der]
IPA: /ˈtɪn dər/

Tinder is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 7 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 8 points.

You can make 132 anagrams from letters in tinder (deinrt).

Definitions for tinder

noun

  1. a highly flammable material or preparation formerly used for catching the spark from a flint and steel struck together for fire or light.
  2. any dry substance that readily takes fire from a spark.

Origin of tinder

before 900; Middle English; Old English tynder; akin to German Zunder, Old Norse tundr, Old English -tendan (as in ātendan to set on fire), Gothic tundnan to catch fire, German -zünden in ent

Examples for tinder

When he heard the drums he flared up like a spark in the tinder.

It's yersel' knows the tinder feet that's on me since ever I 've bin in this counthry.

He juices with vegetables, romances on tinder, and shops for rustic furniture built with reclaimed materials.

The 41-year-old claims she met the Olympic champion on tinder, and they fell in love.

You see I have the tinder now safely secured in my tinder-box.

Things began to look up, she said in the post, when she met Phelps, 29, on tinder.

I want one of these sparks, if I can persuade it to do so, to fall on my tinder.

Here is the flint, the tinder being contained in this little box.

When you met him on tinder were you initially thinking of this as a hook-up or a relationship?

tinder and OkCupid are both owned by IAC, the parent company of The Daily Beast.

Word Value for tinder
Scrable

7

Words with friends

8

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