Salvor
6 lettersnounrareUpdated June 2026
Definition
A person or vessel engaged in rescuing a ship, its cargo, or other property from peril at sea.
“The salvor negotiated a salvage fee before his crew began working on the stranded tanker.”
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sal·vor
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Ends in -OR, the V in the middle is uncommon and is a useful deduction in Wordle
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V worth 4 points, -OR ending allows an S hook, specialist maritime and legal term
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