Tarzan
6 lettersnounrareUpdated June 2026
Definition
A man regarded as having exceptional physical strength and agility, used informally and sometimes ironically after the fictional jungle hero created by Edgar Rice Burroughs.
“He swung from the climbing frame with all the confidence of a tarzan.”
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Contains the rare Z in position 4, two A's in positions 2 and 5, very distinctive Wordle pattern
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Worth 15 points, the Z tile contributes 10 points alone, making TARZAN one of the highest-value six-letter plays without premium squares
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