Wordle · Archive · #185 · Tuesday, December 21, 2021
Wordle #185 Answer — Tuesday, December 21, 2021
Hints, difficulty, the word, and what it means.
Categorynoun
Vowels1
Starts withP
Difficulty7/10
Hints & Answer
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Hint 1Category
It's a noun. An instance of ___. -
Hint 2Vowels & repeats
Today's word has just one vowel, and all five letters are different. -
Hint 3First letter
It starts with P. -
Hint 4Getting closer
The lungs, heart with trachea and often oesophagus removed from slaughtered animals.
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Wordle answer #185
PLUCK
noun /plʌk/
The Word, Explained
PLUCK /plʌk/ noun
An instance of plucking.
"Those tiny birds are hardly worth the tedious pluck."
Close cousins: plonk
Tricky because it leans on letters most starting words never probe, and with a single vowel, early guesses reveal little.
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What was the Wordle answer for #185?
Wordle #185 (Tuesday, December 21, 2021) is PLUCK — a noun starting with P.
How hard was this Wordle?
We rated it 7/10 (Hard). Tricky because it leans on letters most starting words never probe, and with a single vowel, early guesses reveal little.