Halite
6 lettersnounmoderateUpdated June 2026
Definition
A naturally occurring mineral consisting of crystalline sodium chloride, commonly known as rock salt.
“The miners extracted vast quantities of halite from seams deep beneath the Cheshire plain.”
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Wordle
The LITE suffix is familiar but the HAL prefix is the key geological marker for this mineral
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Worth 9 points, a geology term that scores modestly but hooks cleanly to HALITES
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