Wordle · Archive · #1252 · Friday, November 22, 2024
Wordle #1252 Answer — Friday, November 22, 2024
Hints, difficulty, the word, and what it means.
Hints & Answer
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Hint 1Category
It's a noun. A shelly concretion, usually rounded, and having a brilliant luster, with varying tints, found in the mantle, or between the mantle and shell, of certain bivalve mollusks, especially in the ___ oysters and river mussels, and sometimes in certain univalves. It is usually due to a secretion of shelly substance around some irritating foreign particle. Its substance is the same as nacre, or mother-of-___. Round lustrous ___ are used in jewellery. -
Hint 2Vowels & repeats
Today's word has 2 vowels, and all five letters are different. -
Hint 3First letter
It starts with P. -
Hint 4Getting closer
Something precious.
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Wordle answer #1252
PEARL
noun /pɜːl/
The Word, Explained
A shelly concretion, usually rounded, and having a brilliant luster, with varying tints, found in the mantle, or between the mantle and shell, of certain bivalve mollusks, especially in the pearl oysters and river mussels, and sometimes in certain univalves. It is usually due to a secretion of shelly substance around some irritating foreign particle. Its substance is the same as nacre, or mother-of-pearl. Round lustrous pearls are used in jewellery.
"to pearl barley"
A friendly one — common letters, no repeats, and enough vowels for openers to find.
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