Attorn
6 lettersverbrareUpdated June 2026
Definition
To formally acknowledge a new landlord or property owner and agree to hold one's tenancy under them.
“Following the sale of the estate, the tenants were required to attorn to the new freeholder.”
Pronunciation
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at·torn
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Wordle
Double T before -ORN, ends like CORN and HORN, a rare legal term unlikely to appear in standard Wordle.
Scrabble
Worth 6 points, a niche legal verb seldom played, the -ORN ending can hook to form TORNADOS with extensions.
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