Nerita
6 lettersnounrareUpdated June 2026
Definition
A small marine gastropod mollusc with a short, smooth or spirally ridged shell, a thick outer lip, and a toothed operculum.
“Several nerita were clinging to the wet rocks at the edge of the rock pool.”
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Three vowels E, I, A, a specialist biological term very unlikely to appear in standard Wordle
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All low-value tiles, NERITA is vowel-dense and ideal for offloading vowels in Scrabble
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