Abscise
7 lettersverbrareUpdated June 2026
Definition
Of a plant, to shed leaves, flowers, or fruit naturally at a specialised zone where scar tissue forms.
“In autumn, deciduous trees abscise their leaves as daylight shortens and temperatures drop.”
Pronunciation
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ab·scise
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Wordle
Ends in -ISE (British spelling), the ABS- prefix and the SC cluster make this a tricky Wordle word.
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Scrabble
The SC combination is unusual, ABSCISE scores modestly and is valid in standard Scrabble dictionaries.
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