Wordle · Archive · #853 · Friday, October 20, 2023
Wordle #853 Answer — Friday, October 20, 2023
Hints, difficulty, the word, and what it means.
Categoryverb
Vowels2
Starts withO
Difficulty6/10
Hints & Answer
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Hint 1Category
It's a verb. To happen or take place. -
Hint 2Vowels & repeats
Today's word has 2 vowels, and one letter appears more than once. -
Hint 3First letter
It starts with O. -
Hint 4Getting closer
To present or offer itself.
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Wordle answer #853
OCCUR
verb /əˈkɜː/
The Word, Explained
OCCUR /əˈkɜː/ verb
To happen or take place.
"The liftoff will occur in exactly twelve seconds."
Close cousins: belimp, betide, betime, happen
Tricky because the repeated C trips up guesses that assume five unique letters.
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What was the Wordle answer for #853?
Wordle #853 (Friday, October 20, 2023) is OCCUR — a verb starting with O.
How hard was this Wordle?
We rated it 6/10 (Medium). Tricky because the repeated C trips up guesses that assume five unique letters.