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Wordle #851

Wordle Hints and Answer for Wednesday, October 18, 2023

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 noun with 1 vowel and uses fairly common letters.

Difficulty: Easy
noun

Letter Facts

Vowels
1
Consonants
4
Repeats
No
Letters
Fairly Common

Recommended Starting Words

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Recommended Starting Words

CRANEEMPTYCYBER

Hints

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Starting Hint

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Starting Hint

This word relates to emotions, morality, or how we treat others.

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Getting Warmer

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Getting Warmer

You might hear this word in a courtroom when someone is asking for leniency, or in a religious context.

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Letter Clue

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Letter Clue

The word starts with the letter M.

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Stronger Hint

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Stronger Hint

This is a near synonym for compassion, clemency, or forgiveness. The opposite would be cruelty or harshness.

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Rhyming Clue

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Rhyming Clue

This word rhymes with PERCY.

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Final Clue

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Final Clue

It starts with M and ends with Y. When you beg for this, you are asking to be spared from punishment.

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Answer

MERCY

This word describes compassion or forgiveness shown toward someone whom it is within one's power to punish or harm. It comes from the Latin word 'merces' meaning reward or wages, which evolved through Old French to take on its current meaning of compassionate treatment. The phrase 'at the mercy of' means to be completely in someone's power.

Strategy Tip

Today's word has only one vowel, which is E. When you are getting mostly gray tiles, consider that the word might be vowel light. Words with just one vowel are less common but definitely exist in the Wordle dictionary.