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uncinus

7 letters · 5 distinct letters

uncinus is in Nectary’s accepted word list, but we don’t have a definition for it yet.

Word history

From Latin uncīnus (“hook”).

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Listed in the English Speller Database at size 70: the largest list we accept, where the rarer words live.
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