Beckett
7 lettersnounrareUpdated June 2026
Definition
Samuel Beckett, an Irish-born playwright and novelist who lived in France and wrote influential works of the theatre of the absurd, including Waiting for Godot.
“The sparse staging and bleak humour of the production owed a clear debt to Beckett.”
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Wordle
Double T at the end is a notable pattern, contains ECK in positions two to four
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