Pyrite

6 lettersnounmoderate

Updated June 2026

Definition

A pale brassy-yellow iron sulphide mineral often mistaken for gold, widely known as fool's gold.

“The prospector was disappointed to find only pyrite glittering in the stream bed.”

Pronunciation

Syllables

py·rite

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Synonyms

iron pyrites

Word Game Tips

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Wordle

Contains the PYR prefix and ends in ITE like many mineral names, a useful spelling pattern

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Scrabble

Worth 11 points and the Y is the highest-scoring tile, with the ITE ending offering good hooks

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Shorter words formed from the letters in “pyrite”.

perit perty petri piert piety retip tripe tripy typer eiry epit iter peri pert pier pity prey pyre reit ripe rite tier tire trey

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