Wordle · Archive · #612 · Tuesday, February 21, 2023
Wordle #612 Answer — Tuesday, February 21, 2023
Hints, difficulty, the word, and what it means.
Categorynoun
Vowels1
Starts withR
Difficulty8/10
Hints & Answer
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Hint 1Category
It's a noun. A ___ ground dove. -
Hint 2Vowels & repeats
Today's word has just one vowel, and one letter appears more than once. -
Hint 3First letter
It starts with R. -
Hint 4Getting closer
To make reddish in colour.
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Wordle answer #612
RUDDY
noun /ˈɹʌdi/
The Word, Explained
RUDDY /ˈɹʌdi/ noun
A ruddy duck.
"The sunset ruddied our faces."
Close cousins: bally, bleeding, blimming, bloody
Tricky because the repeated D trips up guesses that assume five unique letters, and with a single vowel, early guesses reveal little.
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What was the Wordle answer for #612?
Wordle #612 (Tuesday, February 21, 2023) is RUDDY — a noun starting with R.
How hard was this Wordle?
We rated it 8/10 (Hard). Tricky because the repeated D trips up guesses that assume five unique letters, and with a single vowel, early guesses reveal little.