Contra
6 lettersprepositionmoderateUpdated June 2026
Definition
A member of the right-wing guerrilla forces that fought against the Sandinista government in Nicaragua during the 1980s.
“The documentary examined the funding and tactics of the contras during the Nicaraguan civil conflict.”
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Ends in A with the -TRA cluster, five distinct letters make it an efficient early Wordle guess
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Worth 7 points, hooks to CONTRAS and can be extended with prefixes in longer-word play
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