Swathe
6 lettersverbmoderateUpdated June 2026
Definition
To wrap or bind something tightly in strips of cloth or bandage.
“The nurse swathed the injured arm in clean bandages.”
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Wordle
Starts SW- and ends in -THE, the TH digraph in positions 4 and 5 is worth confirming early in Wordle
Scrabble
Worth 12 points with W scoring 4 and H scoring 4, a good play for unloading both W and H tiles in one move
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