Aether
6 lettersnounmoderateUpdated June 2026
Definition
In Greek mythology, the personification of the pure upper air breathed by the gods, born of Erebus and Nyx and regarded as the luminous substance filling the heavens.
“The ancient Greeks conceived of aether as a divine element distinct from the ordinary air breathed by mortals.”
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ae·ther
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Wordle
Starts AE-, contains the TH digraph, four letters form a cluster THER at the end
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Worth 9 points, H scores 4, an alternative spelling of ETHER, hooks to AETHERS
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