Starter
7 lettersnouncommonUpdated June 2026
Definition
A person or thing that starts something. Can refer to the first course of a meal, a device for starting an engine, or a competitor at the beginning of a race.
“We ordered soup as a starter before the main course.”
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start·er
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Wordle
Contains two T's and two R's with vowels A, E; common noun
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Worth 7 points; -ER ending useful for word extensions
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