Suet

4 lettersnounmoderate

Updated June 2026

Definition

The firm white fat surrounding the kidneys and loins of cattle and sheep, widely used in traditional British cooking and pastry-making.

“She used shredded suet in the pastry crust to make a proper steak and kidney pudding.”

Pronunciation

IPA

/ˈs(j)uːɪt/

Syllables

su·et

Related Words

Synonyms

larddrippingfattallow

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Wordle

Contains two vowels among four letters and all very common characters. A reliable early Wordle guess.

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Scrabble

Worth 4 points. Quietly useful for clearing common tiles, and hooks neatly to SUETS or SUETY.

Words Related to Suet

Words one letter different

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duet suit

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5-letter words you can spell by adding one letter to “suet”.

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Longer words starting with Suet

Words that begin with “suet”.

suets suety

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