Lagger
6 lettersnounrareUpdated June 2026
Definition
A person who consistently falls behind others in pace, output, or the completion of tasks.
“The teacher waited patiently for the one lagger who had not yet finished writing before collecting the papers.”
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Wordle
Contains double GG mid-word and ends in -ER like most agent nouns in English.
Scrabble
G scores 2 and appears twice, and the -AGGER cluster can hook onto several common letter extensions.
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