Wordle Answer for July 10, 2023
FOLLY was the Wordle answer for July 10, 2023. 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
FOLLY
What folly means
A foolish act or idea, or a decorative building with no practical purpose, often built in a garden or park as an ornament.
Where the word comes from
From Old French "folie," meaning foolishness or madness, derived from "fol," meaning fool. This came from Latin "follis," originally a bellows or windbag, later applied metaphorically to a foolish person as empty-headed as a bag of air. The architectural sense—a decorative but useless building—emerged in eighteenth-century English, referencing the frivolous nature of such structures.
Hints for July 10, 2023
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Synonyms of folly
- indulgence
- foolishness
- betise
- tomfoolery
- imbecility
- foolery
- stupidity
- craziness
Used in a sentence
Building a shopping mall in the middle of nowhere turned out to be a costly _____ that bankrupted the entire company.
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