Maleos
6 lettersnounrareUpdated June 2026
Definition
Plural of maleo: large ground-dwelling birds native to Sulawesi that incubate their eggs by burying them in sandy beaches or geothermally heated soil.
“Conservationists worked to protect the coastal nesting grounds where maleos buried their eggs under the warm sand.”
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No repeated letters, vowels A, E, and O all present, ends in OS, an unusual word ending
Scrabble
Worth 8 points, low tile value overall but useful for clearing a rack of common low-scoring letters
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