Whenever lookups for a particular five-letter word spike at Dictionary.com, it’s a sure sign that the day’s Wordle answer is a real stumper. This actually happens quite often. Here are the top 25 Wordle answer lookups from 2022, ranked by search volume—along with their definitions. How many did you guess correctly?
1. trice
noun
a very short time; an instant.
2. knoll
noun
a small, rounded hill or eminence; hillock.
3. smite
verb
to strike down, injure, or slay.
4. tacit
adjective
understood without being openly expressed; implied.
5. atoll
noun
a ring-shaped coral reef or a string of closely spaced small coral islands, enclosing or nearly enclosing a shallow lagoon.
6. piney
adjective
pertaining to or suggestive of pine trees.
7. trope
noun
a convention or device that establishes a predictable or stereotypical representation of a character, setting, or scenario in a creative work.
8. swill
noun
contemptibly worthless utterance or writing; drivel.
9. flout
verb
to treat with disdain, scorn, or contempt; scoff at; mock.
10. inter
verb
to place (a dead body) in a grave or tomb; bury.
11. droll
adjective
amusing in an odd way; whimsically humorous; waggish.
12. pinto
adjective
marked with spots of white and other colors; mottled; spotted.
13. epoxy
adjective
any of a class of resins derived by polymerization from epoxides: used chiefly in adhesives, coatings, electrical insulation, solder mix, and castings.
14. natal
adjective
of or relating to a person’s birth.
15. ruder
adjective
more discourteous or impolite than another, especially in a deliberate way.
16. coyly
adjective
in a shy or modest manner.
17. tryst
noun
an appointment to meet at a certain time and place, especially one made somewhat secretly by lovers.
18. spiel
noun
a usually high-flown talk or speech, especially for the purpose of persuading people or selling them something; pitch.
19. homer
noun
in baseball, an informal word for a home run.
20. rupee
noun
a monetary unit of India, Nepal, and Pakistan, equal to 100 paise.
21. gawky
adjective
awkward; ungainly; clumsy.
22. piety
noun
reverence for God or devout fulfillment of religious obligations
23. primo
adjective
first-class.
24. trove
noun
a collection of objects.
25. cacao
noun
the fruit or seeds of the cacao tree, the source of cocoa, chocolate, etc.
