Wordle Answer for June 18, 2022
Players who opened Wordle on June 18, 2022 were trying to land on CACAO. We've kept the day's hints around so you can revisit them — or use the archive to settle a debate about a tricky past puzzle.
The answer
CACAO
What cacao means
A tropical tree native to Central and South America that produces large pods containing beans used to make chocolate and cocoa powder.
Where the word comes from
Cacao comes from Spanish *cacao*, borrowed from Nahuatl *cacahuatl*, the Aztec word for the cacao bean. The plant itself is native to Mesoamerica, and the Spanish conquistadors encountered it in the sixteenth century, adopting the indigenous name along with knowledge of the crop. The word traveled from Spanish into English and other European languages, becoming the standard term for both the plant and the chocolate product derived from it.
Hints for June 18, 2022
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Synonyms of cacao
- cocoa bean
- chocolate tree
- theobroma cacao
- cacao tree
Used in a sentence
The chocolate factory sources its _____ beans directly from farmers in Ecuador and Ghana.
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