Wordle · Archive · #589 · Sunday, January 29, 2023
Wordle #589 Answer — Sunday, January 29, 2023
Hints, difficulty, the word, and what it means.
Hints & Answer
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Hint 1Category
It's a noun. A cold-blooded vertebrate animal that lives in water, moving with the help of fins and breathing with gills. -
Hint 2Vowels & repeats
Today's word has just one vowel, and all five letters are different. -
Hint 3First letter
It starts with F. -
Hint 4Getting closer
Any animal (or any vertebrate) that lives exclusively in water.
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Wordle answer #589
FISHY
noun /ˈfɪʃi/
The Word, Explained
A cold-blooded vertebrate animal that lives in water, moving with the help of fins and breathing with gills.
"Salmon is a fish."
Close cousins: donk, donkey, mark, fishlike
Tricky because with a single vowel, early guesses reveal little.
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