Diesel

6 lettersnounmoderate

Updated February 2026

Definition

A type of fuel oil used in diesel engines, or an engine that uses this fuel.

“The truck runs on diesel fuel instead of gasoline.”

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Has double E and ends with -EL pattern, useful vowel placement.

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Worth 7 points, good for parallel plays with the S.

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