Inborn
6 lettersadjectivecommonUpdated June 2026
Definition
Present from birth, whether inherited genetically or acquired during foetal development rather than learned after birth.
“Children show an inborn tendency to respond preferentially to human faces from the moment of birth.”
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Wordle
Starts with IN and ends in -ORN, with all six letters being very commonly encountered
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Worth 10 points, B and N are both useful tiles and the word hooks cleanly to INBORNS
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