Wordle #908

Wordle Hints and Answer for Thursday, December 14, 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 verb (modal auxiliary) with 2 vowels and uses fairly common letters.

Difficulty: Easy

verb (modal auxiliary)

Letter Facts

Vowels

Consonants

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Letters

Fairly Common

Recommended Starting Words

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Recommended Starting Words

CLOUDSOUNDWORLD

Hints

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Starting Hint

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Starting Hint

This word relates to language and how we express possibilities, wishes, or hypothetical situations.

Getting Warmer

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Getting Warmer

You might use this word when talking about something you were willing to do in the past, or when making polite requests.

Letter Clue

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Letter Clue

The word begins with the letter W.

Stronger Hint

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Stronger Hint

Fill in the blank: I thought you said you _____ help me move this weekend.

Rhyming Clue

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Rhyming Clue

This word rhymes with COULD and SHOULD.

Final Clue

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Final Clue

It starts with W and ends with D, and it is the past tense form of WILL used for hypothetical situations.

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Answer

WOULD

WOULD is a modal auxiliary verb in English, primarily used to express conditional or hypothetical situations, polite requests, and past habits. It is the past tense form of WILL and plays a crucial role in forming conditional sentences. The word comes from Old English 'wolde,' which was the past tense of 'willan' meaning to wish or want.

Strategy Tip

Today's puzzle features a common auxiliary verb that we use constantly in speech but might not immediately think of as a Wordle answer. Remember that Wordle can include function words like verbs, prepositions, and articles, not just nouns and adjectives. The OU vowel combination is quite common in English.