Dormice

7 lettersnounmoderate

Updated June 2026

Definition

Plural of dormouse, small squirrel-like Old World rodents with bushy tails that become torpid during cold weather.

“Dormice are rarely seen in the wild because they spend much of their time asleep in nests.”

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Wordle

Starts with DORM and ends in ICE, the irregular plural with ICE instead of OUSES makes this tricky to guess

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Scrabble

Worth 12 points, the C scoring 3 points and the ICE ending make this a useful irregular plural with above-average value

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Shorter words formed from the letters in “dormice”.

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