Wordle · Archive · #252 · Saturday, February 26, 2022

Wordle #252 Answer — Saturday, February 26, 2022

Hints, difficulty, the word, and what it means.

Categorynoun
Vowels1
Starts withS
Difficulty7/10

Hints & Answer

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  1. Hint 1Category
    It's a noun. A mess of something that has been dropped.
  2. Hint 2Vowels & repeats
    Today's word has just one vowel, and one letter appears more than once.
  3. Hint 3First letter
    It starts with S.
  4. Hint 4Getting closer
    A fall or stumble.

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Wordle answer #252

SPILL

noun /spɪl/

The Word, Explained

SPILL /spɪl/ noun

A mess of something that has been dropped.

"The bruise is from a bad spill he had last week."

Tricky because the repeated L trips up guesses that assume five unique letters, and with a single vowel, early guesses reveal little.

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FAQ

What was the Wordle answer for #252?
Wordle #252 (Saturday, February 26, 2022) is SPILL — a noun starting with S.
How hard was this Wordle?
We rated it 7/10 (Hard). Tricky because the repeated L trips up guesses that assume five unique letters, and with a single vowel, early guesses reveal little.