Cattail
7 lettersnounmoderateUpdated June 2026
Definition
A tall marsh plant with long sword-shaped leaves and a distinctive brown cylindrical flower spike, growing in freshwater and brackish habitats worldwide.
“The pond margins were thick with cattail, their brown heads swaying in the breeze.”
Pronunciation
IPA
/ˈkatˌtāl/
Syllables
cat·tail
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Wordle
Contains TAIL as a recognisable substring, double T in the middle is distinctive
Scrabble
Worth 9 points, the TAIL stem and double T make it easy to build from the middle
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