Beater
6 lettersnounmoderateUpdated June 2026
Definition
A person employed to drive game animals out of cover so that hunters can shoot them.
“A line of beaters walked through the bracken, flushing pheasants towards the waiting guns.”
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beat·er
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Wordle
Starts BEA and ends in the very common -TER suffix, contains EA and double-E. A strong early guess.
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Worth 8 points, the -ER hook is one of the strongest on the board and this word integrates well beside others.
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