Wordle · Archive · #406 · Saturday, July 30, 2022
Wordle #406 Answer — Saturday, July 30, 2022
Hints, difficulty, the word, and what it means.
Hints & Answer
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Hint 1Category
It's a noun. An act of ___; a false expression of the strength of one's position in order to intimidate; braggadocio. -
Hint 2Vowels & repeats
Today's word has just one vowel, and one letter appears more than once. -
Hint 3First letter
It starts with B. -
Hint 4Getting closer
An attempt to represent oneself as holding a stronger hand than one actually does.
Still stuck? Flip the answer one letter at a time:
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Wordle answer #406
BLUFF
noun /blʌf/
The Word, Explained
An act of bluffing; a false expression of the strength of one's position in order to intimidate; braggadocio.
"That is only bluff, or a bluff."
Close cousins: abrupt, blunt, brusque, unceremonious
Tricky because the repeated F trips up guesses that assume five unique letters, and it leans on letters most starting words never probe, and with a single vowel, early guesses reveal little.
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