Wordle Answer for May 15, 2022
YIELD was the Wordle answer for May 15, 2022. If you missed the day or you're looking it up after the fact, this page collects the hints and word context in one place.
The answer
YIELD
What yield means
To produce or generate something as a result, profit, or harvest, or to give way and stop resisting.
Where the word comes from
Yield comes from Old English *gieldan*, meaning "to pay" or "to give." This verb originally meant to render or deliver something owed, related to Old Saxon *geldan* and Old High German *geltan*. The sense evolved from "to pay a debt" to "to give way" or "to surrender," and eventually to "to produce or bear fruit," as in a harvest's yield. The Germanic root ultimately traces back to Proto-Germanic *geltanan*.
Hints for May 15, 2022
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Synonyms of yield
- render
- concede
- issue
- cede
- give
- succumb
- return
- take
Used in a sentence
The farmer's crop will _____ enough corn to feed the entire community this winter.
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