Archery
7 lettersnounmoderateUpdated June 2026
Definition
The sport or skill of shooting arrows at a target using a bow.
“She took up archery at school and went on to represent her county at national level.”
Pronunciation
IPA
/ɑrtʃəriː/
Syllables
ar·cher·y
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Synonyms
bowmanshiptoxophily
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Wordle
Starts ARC and ends -ERY with vowels A and E, the Y ending can catch you out in a Wordle puzzle
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Scrabble
The Y and H together provide good combined tile value, and -ERY is an uncommon but valid Scrabble suffix
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