Captors
7 lettersnounmoderateUpdated June 2026
Definition
Plural of captor, the people who capture and hold others as prisoners or detain animals.
“The released hostages said they had been treated decently by their captors throughout the ordeal.”
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Wordle
Ends in -ORS, contains vowels A and O, the -PTORS agent noun pattern links to the act of capturing
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Worth 11 points, common tiles and the -ORS suffix is well-suited to parallel board placement
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