Beowulf

7 lettersnounmoderate

Updated June 2026

Definition

The legendary Anglo-Saxon hero of an anonymous Old English epic poem who slays the monster Grendel and later dies in combat with a dragon.

“Students of Old English literature invariably study Beowulf as one of the foundational texts of the tradition.”

Pronunciation

Syllables

be·o·wulf

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Wordle

A proper noun origin with W and F together being an unusual consonant pairing, and most vowels E, O, U appear in the word

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Scrabble

W (4pts) and F (4pts) add significant combined value, and this is accepted in Scrabble dictionaries as a valid play

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