Definitions For Spoil

noun

  • The act of stripping and taking by force
  • The act of spoiling something by causing damage to it
  • (usually plural) valuables taken by violence (especially in war)
  • Something stolen or taken by thieves, soldiers, etc.
  • Something valuable or desirable that someone gets by working or trying hard

verb

  • Alter from the original
  • Become unfit for consumption or use
  • Make imperfect
  • Destroy and strip of its possession
  • Have a strong desire or urge to do something
  • Make a mess of, destroy or ruin
  • Hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of
  • Treat with excessive indulgence
  • To have a bad effect on (something) : to damage or ruin (something)
  • To decay or lose freshness especially because of being kept too long
  • To give (someone, such as a child) everything that he or she wants : to have a bad effect on (someone) by allowing too many things or by not correcting bad behavior

Is Spoil a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends YES
Scrabble US YES
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) YES
Scrabble Global YES
Enable1 Dictionary YES

Points in Different Games

Scrabble
7
Words with Friends
9

The word Spoil is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends

Examples of Spoil in a Sentence

  • The bandits escaped with their lives but not with the spoils
  • The fight spoiled the party.
  • The camping trip was spoiled by bad weather.
  • Don't let one mistake spoil your day.

Synonyms for Spoil

Antonyms for Spoil

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