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Wordle #1012

Wordle Hints and Answer for Wednesday, March 27, 2024

Stuck on today's Wordle? You're in the right place! Below you'll find hints that start vague and get more specific. Try to solve it with as few hints as possible.

Today's puzzle is rated Easy difficulty, so most players find this one straightforward. The answer is a verb (past tense) with 1 vowel and uses fairly common letters.

Difficulty: Easy
verb (past tense)

Letter Facts

Vowels
1
Consonants
4
Repeats
No
Letters
Fairly Common

Recommended Starting Words

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Recommended Starting Words

STONEANGSTTRUNK

Hints

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Starting Hint

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Starting Hint

This word relates to a physical sensation or experience that most people have felt at some point.

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Getting Warmer

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Getting Warmer

Think about encounters with certain insects, especially during summer months outdoors.

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Letter Clue

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Letter Clue

The word begins with the letter S.

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Stronger Hint

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Stronger Hint

What a bee or wasp does when it feels threatened. This is the past tense form.

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Rhyming Clue

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Rhyming Clue

This word rhymes with YOUNG.

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Final Clue

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Final Clue

Starts with S and ends with G. You might say a jellyfish did this to you at the beach.

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Answer

STUNG

STUNG is the past tense of the verb sting, describing the action of piercing skin and injecting venom, typically done by insects like bees, wasps, or jellyfish. The word can also be used figuratively to describe emotional hurt, as in being stung by criticism. It comes from Old English stingan and has Germanic roots.

Strategy Tip

Today's word uses the common NG ending pattern that appears in many English words. When you discover an N in position four, consider whether adding a G might complete a familiar word ending. Words ending in NG are quite common in Wordle.