Regret
6 lettersverbcommonUpdated June 2026
Definition
To feel sorrow, remorse, or disappointment about something one has done, failed to do, or lost.
“He said he would never regret leaving the city to live in the countryside.”
Pronunciation
IPA
/rɪˈɡrɛt/
Syllables
re·gret
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Wordle
RE- prefix with double T at the end, a strong early Wordle guess for testing common repeated consonants
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Scrabble
Double T and G together make this a moderate scorer and the RE- prefix hooks freely
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