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Updated June 2026
A person who is qualified to treat medical conditions or has earned a doctoral degree.
“The doctor examined the patient carefully.”
/ˈdɒktə/
doc·tor
Contains D, O, C, T, R with O vowel, common profession word.
Worth 9 points, good for using common consonants.
Shorter words formed from the letters in “doctor”.
7-letter words you can spell by adding one letter to “doctor”.
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