Vara
4 lettersnounrareUpdated June 2026
Definition
A traditional Spanish unit of length, approximately equivalent to a yard, with slightly varying values across different regions.
“The land grant was measured in varas according to old Spanish colonial custom.”
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va·ra
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Wordle
Contains two A vowels with V and R as consonants, the repeated A makes this easier to narrow down than it first appears
Scrabble
Worth modest points but useful for dumping duplicate A tiles, valid in some dictionaries as a historical unit of measurement
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