Wordle #951

Wordle Hints and Answer for Friday, January 26, 2024

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Today's puzzle is rated Medium difficulty. The answer is a adjective with 3 vowels and uses fairly common letters, including at least one repeated letter.

Difficulty: Medium

adjective

Letter Facts

Vowels

Consonants

Repeats

Yes

Letters

Fairly Common

Recommended Starting Words

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Recommended Starting Words

FLOATSTOOLFLOOR

Hints

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Starting Hint

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Starting Hint

This word describes a personality trait or way of behaving around others.

Getting Warmer

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Getting Warmer

You might use this word to describe someone who keeps their distance at a party or seems uninterested in making friends.

Letter Clue

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Letter Clue

The word contains two of the same vowel.

Stronger Hint

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Stronger Hint

This word is close in meaning to distant, detached, or standoffish.

Rhyming Clue

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Rhyming Clue

This word rhymes with PROOF.

Final Clue

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Final Clue

It starts with A and ends with F. Think of a cat who ignores you completely.

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Answer

ALOOF

This adjective describes someone who is emotionally distant, reserved, or uninvolved with others. It comes from nautical terminology where 'a loof' meant keeping the ship's head to the wind, staying at a distance. The word evolved to describe people who maintain emotional distance from others.

Strategy Tip

Today's word has a double letter, which appears more often in Wordle than you might expect. When you see repeated vowels in your yellow or green tiles, consider whether they might appear twice in the answer.