Ligates
7 lettersverbrareUpdated June 2026
Definition
Third-person singular present tense of ligate, meaning joins characters into a ligature in writing or ties off a vessel surgically.
“The typographer notes that the software automatically ligates certain letter pairs for improved readability.”
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Wordle
G in position 3 and ends in ATES, the ATES ending is a productive Wordle pattern shared by many words.
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G adds 2 points, S ending allows further extension, similar tile profile to LIGATED with one letter difference.
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