Adopter
7 lettersnounmoderateUpdated June 2026
Definition
A person who legally takes a child born to other parents and raises them as their own.
“The agency carefully assessed each prospective adopter before approving the placement.”
Pronunciation
IPA
/əˈdɒp.tə/
Syllables
a·dopt·er
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Wordle
Ends in ER with four vowels. The ADOPT root is well known, the ER inflection is common in Wordle.
Scrabble
Worth 10 points. Reliable mid-value word. The ER ending allows possible extensions.
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