Wordle · Archive · #331 · Monday, May 16, 2022
Wordle #331 Answer — Monday, May 16, 2022
Hints, difficulty, the word, and what it means.
Categoryverb
Vowels2
Starts withD
Difficulty7/10
Hints & Answer
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Hint 1Category
It's a verb. To dig the ground, especially with a shovel. -
Hint 2Vowels & repeats
Today's word has 2 vowels, and one letter appears more than once. -
Hint 3First letter
It starts with D. -
Hint 4Getting closer
To search thoroughly and carefully for information, research, dig into, penetrate, fathom, trace out
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Wordle answer #331
DELVE
verb /dɛlv/
The Word, Explained
DELVE /dɛlv/ verb
To dig the ground, especially with a shovel.
Close cousins: dig, investigate, research
Tricky because the repeated E trips up guesses that assume five unique letters.
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What was the Wordle answer for #331?
Wordle #331 (Monday, May 16, 2022) is DELVE — a verb starting with D.
How hard was this Wordle?
We rated it 7/10 (Hard). Tricky because the repeated E trips up guesses that assume five unique letters.