Wordle Answer for May 4, 2023
The Wordle for May 4, 2023 solved to GUPPY. Below are the starting-word hints for every turn count, plus the meaning and origin of the word itself.
The answer
GUPPY
What guppy means
A small, colorful tropical fish native to South America, popular in home aquariums and known for giving birth to live young rather than laying eggs.
Where the word comes from
The guppy fish takes its name from Robert John Lechmere Guppy, a Trinidad-based naturalist and clergyman who sent specimens to the British Museum in the 1860s. The fish was already known to locals in Trinidad and Tobago, but English scientists named it in his honor, establishing "guppy" as the common term that spread through aquarium hobbyists and scientific literature worldwide.
Hints for May 4, 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 guppy
- lebistes reticulatus
- rainbow fish
- grab
- catch
- trinidadian
- guppie
- peacock fish
- molly
Used in a sentence
The small _____ darted between the aquatic plants in my freshwater tank.
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