Pectus
6 lettersnounrareUpdated June 2026
Definition
The chest or thorax of a vertebrate, comprising the portion of the torso between the neck and the diaphragm.
“The anatomist described the shape of the pectus carefully in the dissection notes.”
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Ends in US, a common Latin-origin suffix, the PECT prefix is fairly distinctive in English
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Worth 10 points, the S tile makes this hookable and C (3 pts) adds moderate value
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