Tatter
6 lettersverbmoderateUpdated June 2026
Definition
A small, ragged fragment of cloth or paper torn from a larger piece, or to cause material to be torn into such shreds.
“The old flag had been reduced to a tatter after years of exposure to the wind.”
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tat·ter
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Wordle
Contains three T's in positions 1, 3, and 4, A and E as the only vowels, ends in -ER
Scrabble
Worth 6 points, the triple T uses three tiles of the same value but TATTERS hooks with S easily
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