redstart
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Definition of redstart
2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
- Any of various insectivorous ground-feeding birds, mainly of the genus Phoenicurus. Many of the species have a red tail.
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noun
- Any of various insectivorous ground-feeding birds, mainly of the genus Phoenicurus. Many of the species have a red tail.
- (Canada, US)A species of warbler native to the Americas, Setophaga ruticilla, only distantly related to Phoenicurus.
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Etymology
Inherited from Middle English *redstert; equivalent to red + start (“tail”). Compare Dutch roodstaart, Danish rødstjert.
Words you can make from redstart
192 playable · top: DARTERS (8 pts)
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8 words6-letter words
30 words- DARERS 7 pts
- DARTER 7 pts
- DATERS 7 pts
- DERATS 7 pts
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- RATTED 7 pts
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- STARED 7 pts
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- TARRED 7 pts
- TARTED 7 pts
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- TETRAD 7 pts
- TRADER 7 pts
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- ARREST 6 pts
- RAREST 6 pts
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- TARRES 6 pts
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- TASTER 6 pts
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- TERRAS 6 pts
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5-letter words
48 words- ATTED 6 pts
- DARER 6 pts
- DARES 6 pts
- DARTS 6 pts
- DATER 6 pts
- DATES 6 pts
- DEARS 6 pts
- DERAT 6 pts
- DRATS 6 pts
- DREAR 6 pts
- DREST 6 pts
- RARED 6 pts
- RASED 6 pts
- RATED 6 pts
- READS 6 pts
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- TASED 6 pts
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- TRADS 6 pts
- TREAD 6 pts
- TSADE 6 pts
- ASTER 5 pts
- RARES 5 pts
- RASER 5 pts
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- STATE 5 pts
- TARES 5 pts
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- TERRA 5 pts
- TESTA 5 pts
- TETRA 5 pts
- TREAT 5 pts
- TRETS 5 pts
4-letter words
54 words- DARE 5 pts
- DART 5 pts
- DATE 5 pts
- DEAR 5 pts
- DRAT 5 pts
- RADS 5 pts
- READ 5 pts
- REDS 5 pts
- SADE 5 pts
- SARD 5 pts
- TADS 5 pts
- TEDS 5 pts
- TRAD 5 pts
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- EAST 4 pts
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- REST 4 pts
- RETS 4 pts
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- SERA 4 pts
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- TEAS 4 pts
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- TEST 4 pts
- TETS 4 pts
- TRES 4 pts
- TRET 4 pts
- TSAR 4 pts
3-letter words
37 words- ADS 4 pts
- DAS 4 pts
- EDS 4 pts
- RAD 4 pts
- RED 4 pts
- SAD 4 pts
- TAD 4 pts
- TED 4 pts
- ARE 3 pts
- ARS 3 pts
- ART 3 pts
- ATE 3 pts
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- ATT 3 pts
- EAR 3 pts
- EAT 3 pts
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- ERR 3 pts
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- ETA 3 pts
- RAS 3 pts
- RAT 3 pts
- RES 3 pts
- RET 3 pts
- SAE 3 pts
- SAT 3 pts
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- SER 3 pts
- SET 3 pts
- TAE 3 pts
- TAR 3 pts
- TAS 3 pts
- TAT 3 pts
- TEA 3 pts
- TES 3 pts
- TET 3 pts
2-letter words
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