Wordle · Archive · #1161 · Friday, August 23, 2024
Wordle #1161 Answer — Friday, August 23, 2024
Hints, difficulty, the word, and what it means.
Hints & Answer
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Hint 1Category
It's a noun. An aquatic blood-sucking annelid of class Hirudinea, especially Hirudo medicinalis. -
Hint 2Vowels & repeats
Today's word has 2 vowels, and one letter appears more than once. -
Hint 3First letter
It starts with L. -
Hint 4Getting closer
A person who derives profit from others in a parasitic fashion.
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Wordle answer #1161
LEECH
noun /liːtʃ/
The Word, Explained
An aquatic blood-sucking annelid of class Hirudinea, especially Hirudo medicinalis.
"Bert leeched hundreds of files from the BBS, but never uploaded anything in return."
Close cousins: bloodsucker, parasite, sponger, vampire
Tricky because the repeated E trips up guesses that assume five unique letters.
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