Wordle · Archive · #1201 · Wednesday, October 2, 2024

Wordle #1201 Answer — Wednesday, October 2, 2024

Hints, difficulty, the word, and what it means.

Categorynoun
Vowels1
Starts withS
Difficulty7/10

Hints & Answer

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  1. Hint 1Category
    It's a noun. A hard external covering of an animal.
  2. Hint 2Vowels & repeats
    Today's word has just one vowel, and one letter appears more than once.
  3. Hint 3First letter
    It starts with S.
  4. Hint 4Getting closer
    The hard calcareous covering of a bird egg.

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Wordle answer #1201

SHELL

noun /ʃɛl/

The Word, Explained

SHELL /ʃɛl/ noun

A hard external covering of an animal.

"The restaurant served caramelized onion shells."

Close cousins: shell-like

Tricky because the repeated L trips up guesses that assume five unique letters, and with a single vowel, early guesses reveal little.

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FAQ

What was the Wordle answer for #1201?
Wordle #1201 (Wednesday, October 2, 2024) is SHELL — a noun starting with S.
How hard was this Wordle?
We rated it 7/10 (Hard). Tricky because the repeated L trips up guesses that assume five unique letters, and with a single vowel, early guesses reveal little.