Adopts
6 lettersverbcommonUpdated June 2026
Definition
Third-person singular of adopt: takes up or begins to follow a particular policy, idea, strategy, or approach.
“The council adopts a new waste management strategy at the start of each financial year.”
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Ends in -OPTS, contains A and O vowels, the PT cluster near the end is a useful pattern to know
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Worth 9 points, a clean play that extends ADOPT with a straightforward S hook
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