Leeched
7 lettersverbrareUpdated June 2026
Definition
Past tense of leech: applied leeches to someone for medical purposes, or parasitically drained resources or energy from another.
“In historical medicine, physicians leeched patients in the belief it would rebalance their humours.”
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Wordle
Contains double-E and ends in -CHED, with the EE followed by CH being a distinctive vowel-consonant pattern
Scrabble
The CH digraph hooks well on the board and the double-E aids placement
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