Franco
6 lettersnounmoderateUpdated June 2026
Definition
Francisco Franco, the Spanish military general who seized power during the Spanish Civil War and ruled the country as an authoritarian dictator from 1939 until his death in 1975.
“Historians continue to debate the long-term political consequences of Franco's four decades of rule.”
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fran·co
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Wordle
No repeated letters and ends in O, an uncommon final letter for six-letter words, starts with FR
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Worth 11 points, note that as a proper noun it is typically disallowed in standard Scrabble play
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