Wordle Answer for January 25, 2023
Players who opened Wordle on January 25, 2023 were trying to land on MAIZE. 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
MAIZE
What maize means
A tall grain plant with large ears of kernels that are harvested for food, animal feed, and industrial uses, commonly called corn in North America.
Where the word comes from
Maize comes from Spanish maíz, which the Spanish borrowed from Taíno (an Arawakan language of the Caribbean) mahiz or maíz. When Columbus encountered this crop in the West Indies, the native word traveled back to Europe with the plant itself, eventually spreading to other European languages. The word entered English in the 16th century and remains our term for Indian corn.
Hints for January 25, 2023
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Synonyms of maize
- lemon
- gamboge
- lemon yellow
- corn
- indian corn
- zea mays
Used in a sentence
The farmer planted rows of _____ across the entire field for the autumn harvest.
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