Estrous

7 lettersadjectiverare

Updated June 2026

Definition

Describing a female mammal that is in the reproductive state of oestrus, commonly known as being in heat.

“The veterinarian noted that the mare was estrous and ready for breeding.”

Pronunciation

Syllables

es·trous

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Synonyms

oestrousin heat

Antonyms

anestrous

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Wordle

ESTROUS has no repeated letters and ends in S, the OU vowel pair in the middle is distinctive

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Scrabble

Worth 9 points, the S ending allows it to hook onto shorter words

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Shorter words formed from the letters in “estrous”.

estrus ouster outers rouses routes russet serous sorest sortes stores surest tusser estus euros osset ousts outer outre rests roses roset rotes rotse roues

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