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Wordle · Archive · #1289 · Sunday, December 29, 2024

Wordle #1289 Answer — Sunday, December 29, 2024

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Categorynoun
Vowels2
Starts withM
Difficulty7/10

Hints & Answer

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  1. Hint 1Category
    It's a noun. A voodoo priestess (in Haiti)
  2. Hint 2Vowels & repeats
    Today's word has 2 vowels, and one letter appears more than once.
  3. Hint 3First letter
    It starts with M.
  4. Hint 4Getting closer
    A Latin-American musical genre, adapted from rumba, originating from Cuba in the 1940s, or a dance or rhythm of this genre.

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Wordle answer #1289

MAMBO

noun /ˈmæmbəʊ/

The Word, Explained

MAMBO /ˈmæmbəʊ/ noun

A voodoo priestess (in Haiti)

Tricky because the repeated M trips up guesses that assume five unique letters.

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FAQ

What was the Wordle answer for #1289?
Wordle #1289 (Sunday, December 29, 2024) is MAMBO — a noun starting with M.
How hard was this Wordle?
We rated it 7/10 (Hard). Tricky because the repeated M trips up guesses that assume five unique letters.