Wordle Answer for October 23, 2022 — Puzzle #491 Hints and Solution

Quick Facts: Wordle #491

Puzzle number: #491
Date: October 23, 2022
Word length: Five letters
First letter: M
Last letter: Y
NYT tester difficulty: 4.4 out of 6
WordleBot average: 4.1 attempts (easy), 4.6 (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. Letter count +

The word has five letters and works as a noun.
2. Starting letter +

It begins with M.
3. Vowel pattern +

There's only one vowel in the whole word, and it's in the second position.
4. Word ending +

It means An embalmed human or non-human animal corpse wrapped in linen bandages for burial, especially as practised by the ancient Egyptians and some Native American tribes..

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 MUMMY. It's a noun that means An embalmed human or non-human animal corpse wrapped in linen bandages for burial, especially as practised by the ancient Egyptians and some Native American tribes.. Example: "1832, Royal Society , Abstracts of The Papers Printed in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, From 1800 to 1830 inclusive, Volume 1: 1800-1814, page 201,[] Mr. Pearson proceeds to give a particular description of the very perfect mummy of an Ibis, which forms the chief subject of the present paper." Forms: mummies.

Repeated Letters

The letter 'M' is the one that appear more than once.

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