Wordle Answer for March 14, 2022
The Wordle for March 14, 2022 solved to SMELT. Below are the starting-word hints for every turn count, plus the meaning and origin of the word itself.
The answer
SMELT
What smelt means
To smell something, especially by sniffing, or a small silvery fish found in coastal and freshwater areas.
Where the word comes from
Smelt comes from Old English *smeltan*, meaning to melt or fuse metals. The word likely has Germanic roots, possibly related to Old Norse *smelta* (to melt) and Old High German *smelzan*, all tracing back to Proto-Germanic *smeltaną*. The sense of melting ore to extract metal gave rise to the noun "smelt" for the furnace or the process itself.
Hints for March 14, 2022
Each row is the starting word our algorithm picks for that turn count, with the tiles Wordle would have shown in response.
Synonyms of smelt
- rock
- refine
- osmerid
- european smelt
- sparling
- eperlan
- capelin
- smeltie
Used in a sentence
The fisherman caught a bucket of _____ to use as bait for larger fish.
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