Wordle Answer for January 29, 2023
Players who opened Wordle on January 29, 2023 were trying to land on FISHY. 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
FISHY
What fishy means
Suspicious or questionable in a way that suggests something dishonest or wrong is happening.
Where the word comes from
From the Old English "fiscig," meaning "full of fish" or "fish-like," derived from "fisc" (fish). The suffix "-y" is a common Germanic ending meaning "having the quality of" or "resembling." By the 1600s, "fishy" had developed the figurative sense of "suspicious" or "questionable," possibly because fish are slippery and hard to grasp, making them a natural metaphor for something evasive or unreliable.
Hints for January 29, 2023
Each row is the starting word our algorithm picks for that turn count, with the tiles Wordle would have shown in response.
Synonyms of fishy
- queer
- suspicious
- funny
- shady
- questionable
- suspect
Used in a sentence
The smell coming from the old seafood restaurant was distinctly _____ and made me lose my appetite.
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