Wordle Hints

Wordle #518

Wordle Hints and Answer for Saturday, November 19, 2022

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Today's puzzle is rated Medium difficulty. The answer is a verb with 2 vowels and uses very common letters.

Difficulty: Medium
verb

Letter Facts

Vowels
2
Consonants
3
Repeats
No
Letters
Very Common

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Recommended Starting Words

STARETRACERAISE

Hints

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Starting Hint

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Starting Hint

This word relates to actions you might take when something dangerous or unpleasant is coming your way.

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Getting Warmer

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Getting Warmer

You might hear this word used when someone successfully dodges a crisis, avoids a collision, or prevents a disaster from happening.

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Letter Clue

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Letter Clue

The word begins with the letter A.

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Stronger Hint

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Stronger Hint

A near synonym would be to prevent, ward off, or turn away from something unwanted.

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Rhyming Clue

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Rhyming Clue

This word rhymes with DIVERT.

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Final Clue

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Final Clue

The word starts with A and ends with T. Think about what you do when you turn your gaze away from something or narrowly escape a bad outcome.

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Answer

AVERT

AVERT means to turn away or prevent something unpleasant from happening. It comes from the Latin word 'avertere' meaning to turn away, combining 'ab' meaning from and 'vertere' meaning to turn. You might avert your eyes from an uncomfortable scene, or avert a crisis through quick action.

Strategy Tip

Today's word has two vowels placed in the second and fourth positions. When you find vowels early, pay attention to their exact positions since this pattern of consonant vowel consonant vowel consonant is quite common in five letter words.