Steele
6 lettersnounrareUpdated June 2026
Definition
Richard Steele, the Irish-born English essayist and dramatist who co-founded The Spectator and lived from 1672 to 1729.
“Students of eighteenth-century literature often study both Addison and Steele as pioneers of the English essay form.”
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A proper noun ending in double E, the STEEL base covers five very common Wordle letters in strong positions
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