Hawses

6 lettersnounrare

Updated June 2026

Definition

Plural of hawse, referring to the openings in a ship's bow through which anchor cables are passed.

“The mate checked both hawses to make certain the anchor chains were running cleanly.”

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Synonyms

openings ports

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Wordle

Ends in -AWSES, a very rare Wordle pattern, confirming W and A early would make this findable with few guesses.

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Scrabble

Worth 12 points, the W tile is the main score boost and the terminal S allows useful adjacency hooks.

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Anagrams of Hawses

Words that use exactly the same letters as “hawses”.

washes

Words you can make from Hawses

Shorter words formed from the letters in “hawses”.

ashes hawse shaws sheas shewa shews swash whase asse awes haes haws hews sash saws seas sews shaw shew shwa wash

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