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Puzzle #122 · October 19, 2021

Wordle Answer for October 19, 2021

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Archived October 19, 2021 · Maintained by the WhatIsTodaysWordle editorial team

Quick Facts: Wordle #122

Puzzle number
#122
Date
October 19, 2021
Word length
Five letters
First letter
C
Last letter
T
NYT tester difficulty
1.0 out of 6
WordleBot average
3.2 attempts (easy), 3.4 (hard)

The Hints, in Order

Each hint below adds one piece of information without giving away the rest — open them one at a time and stop as soon as you've got enough to make a confident guess.

  1. 1. Letter count +

    The word has five letters and works as a noun.

  2. 2. Starting letter +

    It begins with C.

  3. 3. Vowel pattern +

    There are two vowels, in the second and fourth positions.

  4. 4. Word ending +

    It means A small Solar System body consisting mainly of volatile ice, dust and particles of rock whose very eccentric solar orbit periodically brings it close enough to the Sun that the ice vaporises to form an atmosphere, or coma, which may be blown by the solar wind to produce a visible tail..

Still stuck after all four? That usually means it's worth re-reading the tiles from your own last guess rather than reaching for a brand new word.

The Answer

The solution is COMET. It's a noun that means A small Solar System body consisting mainly of volatile ice, dust and particles of rock whose very eccentric solar orbit periodically brings it close enough to the Sun that the ice vaporises to form an atmosphere, or coma, which may be blown by the solar wind to produce a visible tail.. Synonyms: faxed star, ☄. Forms: comets.

Repeated Letters

There are no repeated letters.

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