Cowries

7 lettersnounmoderate

Updated June 2026

Definition

Plural of cowry: small, brightly coloured, highly polished shells of tropical marine gastropods of the genus Cypraea.

“She collected cowries along the beach and threaded them into a necklace.”

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Synonyms

shellsgastropod shells

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Wordle

Ends in -IES, a common plural pattern, with the OWR consonant cluster being distinctive

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Scrabble

All low-to-mid value tiles but a solid 7-letter play, base word COWRY hooks well

Words Related to Cowries

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Change a single letter of “cowries” to make these 7-letter words — useful for Wordle and crossword clues.

corries dowries

Words you can make from Cowries

Shorter words formed from the letters in “cowries”.

cosier cowers cowrie escrow ceros cires coirs cores corse cosie cower crews cries crois crose crows ireos osier owser resow rices score screw scrow

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