Flytrap

7 lettersnounmoderate

Updated June 2026

Definition

A device or plant specially adapted to attract and capture flies and other insects.

“The Venus flytrap snapped shut the instant the unsuspecting fly touched its sensitive trigger hairs.”

Pronunciation

Syllables

fly·trap

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Synonyms

insect trapfly catchersnare

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Wordle

Contains Y and ends in -TRAP, a distinctive cluster that rarely appears in Wordle answers

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Y scores 4 points and the -TRAP ending can hook onto tiles already positioned on the board

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