Wordle · Archive · #1642 · Wednesday, December 17, 2025
Wordle #1642 Answer — Wednesday, December 17, 2025
Hints, difficulty, the word, and what it means.
Hints & Answer
Take a hint for a nudge, flip single letters, or reveal the word straight away.
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Hint 1Category
It's a noun. Any plant of the family Poaceae, characterized by leaves that arise from nodes in the stem and leaf bases that wrap around the stem, especially those grown as ground cover rather than for grain. -
Hint 2Vowels & repeats
Today's word has just one vowel, and one letter appears more than once. -
Hint 3First letter
It starts with G. -
Hint 4Getting closer
Various plants not in family Poaceae that resemble ___.
Still stuck? Flip the answer one letter at a time:
G
R
A
S
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Reveal the word
Wordle answer #1642
GRASS
noun [ɡɹ̠äːs]
The Word, Explained
Any plant of the family Poaceae, characterized by leaves that arise from nodes in the stem and leaf bases that wrap around the stem, especially those grown as ground cover rather than for grain.
"What just happened must remain secret. Don't be a 'grass."
Close cousins: breakup, spring, springtime, ephemera
Tricky because the repeated S trips up guesses that assume five unique letters, and with a single vowel, early guesses reveal little.
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