Sparid
6 lettersnounrareUpdated June 2026
Definition
Any member of a family of spiny-finned marine food fish found in warm waters, characterised by well-developed teeth, including sea breams and porgies.
“The sparid was landed after a short but spirited fight on light tackle.”
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spar·id
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Wordle
Starts with SP, ends in -RID, contains the word SPAR inside, an uncommon ending for a fish name
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Worth 9 points, the D at the end adds 2, a specialist ichthyology term with clean letter distribution
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