Simile
6 lettersnounmoderateUpdated June 2026
Definition
A figure of speech in which two unlike things are directly compared using the words 'like' or 'as'.
“Saying the wind was as sharp as a knife is a well-known simile in English prose.”
Pronunciation
IPA
/ˈsɪməli/
Syllables
sim·i·le
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Wordle
Three vowels (I, I, E) and the ILE ending appears in many common Wordle answers
Scrabble
Worth 8 points and the ILE suffix connects cleanly to letters already on the board
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