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Darters

7 lettersnounrare

Updated June 2026

Definition

Plural of darter, referring to long-necked fish-eating birds of warm inland waters that dive and spear fish with their sharp pointed beaks.

We spotted several darters perched on a fallen log with their wings spread wide to dry in the sun.

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anhingassnakebirds

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Wordle

Starts with DART and ends in ERS, easily confused with the verb form darting due to the shared DART root

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Scrabble

ERS ending hooks well and the T is a mid-value tile, giving this word a reasonable score for a specialist bird term

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