Fetlock

7 lettersnounmoderate

Updated June 2026

Definition

The projection on the lower leg of a horse just above the hoof, at the joint between the cannon bone and the pastern.

“The horse had a distinctive white marking on its fetlock that made it easy to identify.”

Pronunciation

Syllables

fet·lock

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Synonyms

pastern joint

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Wordle

Ends with an uncommon K and contains no repeated letters, making it a clean seven-letter Wordle target

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K scores 5 points and no repeated letters make FETLOCK an excellent seven-tile bingo candidate

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Shorter words formed from the letters in “fetlock”.

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