Female
6 lettersnouncommonUpdated June 2026
Definition
A woman or girl; relating to the sex that can bear offspring.
“The female students outnumbered the males in the class.”
Pronunciation
IPA
/ˈfiː.meɪl/
Syllables
fe·male
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Wordle
Starts FE-, contains A, E vowels; ends in -ALE.
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Scrabble
Worth 11 points; good balance of common letters.
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