Spar
4 lettersnounmoderateUpdated June 2026
Definition
Any of various light-coloured, translucent or transparent nonmetallic minerals such as calcite or feldspar that cleave readily along flat planes.
“The geologist retrieved a fine specimen of crystalline spar from a fissure in the limestone.”
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Contains four very common letters S, P, A, R making SPAR one of the strongest possible first guesses in Wordle
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Worth 6 points and extends to SPARS, SPARRED, and SPARRING, giving excellent rack-clearing flexibility
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