Mealie
6 lettersnounrareUpdated June 2026
Definition
A South African term for an ear of maize or corn.
“She grilled a fresh mealie over the coals and served it with butter and salt.”
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meal·ie
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Wordle
MEALIE ends in -IE and contains the EA pair, the unusual vowel-heavy ending is tricky in Wordle.
Scrabble
Worth 8 points, rich in vowels, making it handy for clearing vowel-heavy racks.
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