Simoom
6 lettersnounrareUpdated June 2026
Definition
A fierce, hot wind laden with sand and dust that blows across the deserts of Arabia and North Africa.
“The caravan was forced to halt as a simoom swept a wall of red dust across the dunes.”
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si·moom
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Wordle
Ends in the double OOM which is a rare and distinctive Wordle pattern worth knowing
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Worth 10 points and the double O helps clear duplicate vowel tiles from a heavy rack
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