Bombax
6 lettersnounrareUpdated June 2026
Definition
A genus of large tropical trees native chiefly to South America, noted for their broad buttressed trunks and production of silk-cotton fibres.
“The bombax towered above the other trees at the edge of the clearing, its trunk wide and deeply ridged.”
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Wordle
Ends in -AX, double B sound at the start, the X at the end is the most distinctive letter.
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Worth 17 points, B appears twice and X is valued at 8, making this one of the best-scoring six-letter words.
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