Petrel

6 lettersnounmoderate

Updated June 2026

Definition

A seabird with long wings that spends most of its life at sea, belonging to the order Procellariiformes.

“A storm petrel was spotted far from shore during the Atlantic crossing.”

Pronunciation

Syllables

pet·rel

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Synonyms

seabirdshearwater

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Wordle

Ends in -EL, contains vowels E and E, P, T, R, L are useful consonants to test

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Scrabble

L at the end hooks well, moderate score with common tiles, valid competitive word

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pelter

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Shorter words formed from the letters in “petrel”.

erept lepre peert perle peter petre relet repel leer peel peer pelt pert pete reel rete tree

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