Wordle · Archive · #409 · Tuesday, August 2, 2022
Wordle #409 Answer — Tuesday, August 2, 2022
Hints, difficulty, the word, and what it means.
Hints & Answer
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Hint 1Category
It's a adverb. In a coy manner. -
Hint 2Vowels & repeats
Today's word has just one vowel, and one letter appears more than once. -
Hint 3First letter
It starts with C.
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C
O
Y
L
Y
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Wordle answer #409
COYLY
adverb /ˈkɔɪli/
The Word, Explained
In a coy manner.
Tricky because the repeated Y 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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