Avocet

6 lettersnounrare

Updated June 2026

Definition

A long-legged wading shorebird with webbed feet, black-and-white plumage, and a slender upward-curving bill.

“A flock of avocets waded gracefully along the shallow estuary at low tide.”

Pronunciation

Syllables

av·o·cet

Related Words

Synonyms

bird

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Wordle

AVOCET has six distinct letters including both V and C, making it a challenging Wordle target, the OC combination is uncommon.

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Scrabble

Worth 11 points, a specialist ornithological term that is valid in Scrabble and useful for placing V and C tiles together.

Words Related to Avocet

Anagrams of Avocet

Words that use exactly the same letters as “avocet”.

octave

Words you can make from Avocet

Shorter words formed from the letters in “avocet”.

covet ovate vocat cate cave coat cote cove taco toea veto vote

Add a letter to make a longer word

7-letter words you can spell by adding one letter to “avocet”.

avocets cavetto centavo

Longer words starting with Avocet

Words that begin with “avocet”.

avocets

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