Cirques

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Updated June 2026

Definition

Plural of cirque, the steep-walled bowl-shaped hollows carved into mountainsides by glacial erosion, sometimes containing a lake.

“The high mountain cirques still held patches of snow well into July.”

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Synonyms

corries cwms hollows basins

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Wordle

Contains QU, ends in ES, the Q is built into the QUE sequence so no separate U tile needed

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Scrabble

Worth 18 points, the Q scores 10 points, a strong Scrabble play and well worth learning for geography vocabulary

Words Related to Cirques

Words one letter different

Change a single letter of “cirques” to make these 7-letter words — useful for Wordle and crossword clues.

cinques

Words you can make from Cirques

Shorter words formed from the letters in “cirques”.

cirque cruise curies quires risque squire cequi cires cries cruse cures curie curse cusie ecrus quire rices risqu seric sicer sieur sucre ureic cire

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