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TAPERING is a legal Scrabble word. See a dictionary definition for TAPERING.

3 total results for TAPERING   ( score: 50 )

1 result for TAPERING from Shortz Era puzzles:
DateGridClueAuthor
Sun Nov 11, 201851DGetting to the point?Eric Berlin
2 results for TAPERING from Variety puzzles:
DateTypeGridClueAuthor
Jul 6, 2014Cryptic18ABand of sticky stuff getting narrower (8)Richard Silvestri
Mar 17, 2002Cryptic15ARecord gang getting to the point? (8)Richard Silvestri
Anagrams:RETAPING