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Gauzes

6 lettersnounmoderate

Updated June 2026

Definition

Plural of gauze, referring to pieces of thin, loosely woven bleached cotton fabric used in medicine for bandages and wound dressings.

The paramedic unwrapped several gauzes from the kit to pack the wound.

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bandagesdressingsswabs

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Ends in the uncommon ZES cluster, G and S at the outer positions are solid guesses

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Z is worth 10 points, making GAUZES a strong rack-clearing play despite only six tiles

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