Cavies
6 lettersnounrareUpdated June 2026
Definition
Plural of cavy, a small short-tailed South American rodent with coarse fur, closely related to the guinea pig.
“The wildlife enclosure housed several cavies alongside other small South American mammals.”
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Ends in -IES following the Y-to-IES plural pattern, contains three vowels A, I, E
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V scores 4 points, an obscure plural that can clear a difficult rack in the endgame
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