Matchet
7 lettersnounrareUpdated June 2026
Definition
A large, heavy-bladed knife used in Central and South America both as a weapon and as a tool for cutting through dense vegetation.
“The farmer used a matchet to hack a path through the tangled undergrowth at the edge of the field.”
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Wordle
Contains M, A, T, C, H, E, T with a double T and the CH combination making it distinctive.
Scrabble
Worth 14 points and the H scores 4, while the double T is easy to place on common rack configurations.
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