Wordle · Archive · #203 · Saturday, January 8, 2022
Wordle #203 Answer — Saturday, January 8, 2022
Hints, difficulty, the word, and what it means.
Hints & Answer
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Hint 1Category
It's a noun. A bent piece of an axle or shaft, or an attached arm perpendicular, or nearly so, to the end of a shaft or wheel, used to impart a rotation to a wheel or other mechanical device; also used to change circular into reciprocating motion, or reciprocating into circular motion. -
Hint 2Vowels & repeats
Today's word has just one vowel, and all five letters are different. -
Hint 3First letter
It starts with C. -
Hint 4Getting closer
The act of converting power into motion, by turning a crankshaft.
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Wordle answer #203
CRANK
noun /kɹæŋk/
The Word, Explained
A bent piece of an axle or shaft, or an attached arm perpendicular, or nearly so, to the end of a shaft or wheel, used to impart a rotation to a wheel or other mechanical device; also used to change circular into reciprocating motion, or reciprocating into circular motion.
"I grind my coffee by hand with a coffee grinder with a crank handle."
Close cousins: cock, dick, crackpot, kook
Tricky because with a single vowel, early guesses reveal little.
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