Suture
6 lettersnounmoderateUpdated June 2026
Definition
A fixed immovable joint between adjacent bones, particularly those of the skull, or the surgical stitch used to close a wound.
“The surgeon used a dissolving suture to close the incision.”
Pronunciation
IPA
/ˈsuː.tjə(r)/
Syllables
su·ture
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Wordle
Contains three vowels including double U, the UU pattern is rare in Wordle and can cause solvers to miscount vowels
Scrabble
Worth 6 points but double U makes it tricky to form, useful primarily for emptying surplus U tiles from the rack
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