Wordle #1242

Wordle Hints and Answer for Tuesday, November 12, 2024

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Today's puzzle is rated Medium difficulty. The answer is a verb (past participle) with 1 vowel and uses fairly common letters.

Difficulty: Medium

verb (past participle)

Letter Facts

Vowels

Consonants

Repeats

Letters

Fairly Common

Recommended Starting Words

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Recommended Starting Words

FLOWSBLOWNLOWER

Hints

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Starting Hint

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Starting Hint

This word relates to movement or travel through a particular medium.

Getting Warmer

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Getting Warmer

You might use this word when describing a past journey that involved leaving the ground.

Letter Clue

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Letter Clue

The word contains the letter W.

Stronger Hint

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Stronger Hint

This is the past participle of a verb. Think: The birds have _____ south for the winter.

Rhyming Clue

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Rhyming Clue

This word rhymes with BLOWN.

Final Clue

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Final Clue

It starts with F and ends with N. It describes what someone has done after completing air travel.

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Answer

FLOWN

FLOWN is the past participle of the verb fly, meaning to have traveled through the air. It can apply to birds, aircraft, or even metaphorical uses like time has flown by. The word comes from Old English fleogan, which has Germanic roots shared with similar words in Dutch and German.

Strategy Tip

Words ending in the OWN pattern can be tricky because there are several common options like BLOWN, GROWN, SHOWN, and KNOWN. When you identify this pattern, think about which consonant clusters commonly appear at the start of these words.