Semite
6 lettersnounmoderateUpdated June 2026
Definition
A person belonging to one of the Semitic-speaking peoples of the Middle East and North Africa, a group that includes Arabs, Jews, Assyrians, and Amharic speakers.
“Scholars classify the Phoenicians as Semites on the basis of their language and cultural heritage.”
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Ends in -ITE, a common English suffix, balanced mix of vowels and consonants
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Worth 8 points, M adds moderate value to an otherwise low-scoring set of tiles
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