Croquet
7 lettersnounmoderateUpdated June 2026
Definition
An outdoor lawn game in which players use mallets to drive wooden balls through a series of hoops, winning by completing the course and striking a peg.
“They played croquet on the lawn after a long summer afternoon tea.”
Pronunciation
Syllables
cro·quet
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Wordle
Starts with CR and ends in a silent T, the Q without a following U is the most distinctive feature
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Scrabble
Worth 18 points, Q scores 10 and C scores 3, one of the best 7-letter words if you hold a Q
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