Words to Help You Win at Wordle: Top 50 Wordle Words of 2022

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  1. rebus
    a puzzle consisting of pictures representing words
  2. siege
    an action of an armed force that surrounds a fortified place
  3. banal
    repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse
  4. gorge
    a deep ravine, usually with a river running through it
  5. query
    an instance of questioning
  6. abbey
    a church or building associated with a monastery or convent
  7. proxy
    a person authorized to act for another
  8. aloft
    high up in or into the air
  9. humor
    a message that has the power to evoke laughter
  10. cynic
    someone who is critical of the motives of others
  11. tacit
    implied by or inferred from actions or statements
  12. trove
    a valuable collection or treasure found hidden
  13. brine
    water containing salts
  14. hoard
    get or gather together
  15. smelt
    extract by heating, as a metal
  16. saute
    fry briefly over high heat
  17. slosh
    spill or splash copiously or clumsily
  18. snout
    a long projecting or anterior elongation of an animal's head
  19. trope
    language used in a nonliteral sense
  20. natal
    relating to or accompanying birth
  21. foray
    a sudden short attack
  22. askew
    turned or twisted to one side
  23. homer
    a base hit on which the batter scores a run
  24. canny
    showing self-interest and shrewdness in dealing with others
  25. farce
    an event or situation that is absurd, empty, or insincere
  26. vouch
    give personal assurance; guarantee
  27. bayou
    a swampy arm or slow-moving outlet of a lake
  28. atoll
    an island consisting of a coral reef surrounding a lagoon
  29. piety
    righteousness by virtue of being religiously devout
  30. atone
    turn away from sin or do penitence
  31. trite
    repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse
  32. motto
    a favorite saying of a sect or political group
  33. irony
    incongruity between what might be expected and what occurs
  34. chief
    the head of a tribe or clan
  35. glory
    a state of high honor
  36. usurp
    seize and take control without authority
  37. vigor
    forceful exertion
  38. ionic
    containing or involving electrically charged particles
  39. quirk
    a strange attitude or habit
  40. spiel
    artful or slick talk used to persuade
  41. aptly
    in a competent capable manner
  42. inept
    generally incompetent and ineffectual
  43. glyph
    a symbolic character, especially one carved or incised
  44. avert
    turn away or aside
  45. axiom
    a saying that is widely accepted on its own merits
  46. tepid
    moderately warm
  47. adore
    love intensely
  48. joust
    fight someone in a tournament on horseback
  49. naive
    marked by or showing unaffected simplicity
  50. aorta
    the large artery carrying blood from the heart to the body
Created on January 23, 2023 (updated January 23, 2023)

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