Wordle Answer for October 12, 2023
Players who opened Wordle on October 12, 2023 were trying to land on KNELT. 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
KNELT
What knelt means
Past tense and past participle of kneel, meaning to go down on one or both knees, or to be in a position resting on the knees.
Where the word comes from
Knelt is the past tense of kneel, which comes from Old English cnēowlian, formed from cnēow (knee) plus a verb suffix. Cnēow itself descends from Proto-Germanic *knewam, related to similar words across Germanic languages. The -t ending in knelt follows the regular weak verb pattern in English, though kneel can also form its past as kneeled using the more common -ed suffix.
Hints for October 12, 2023
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Synonyms of knelt
- genuflected
- kowtowed
- stooped
- prostrated
- crouched
- bowed
- hunkered
- sank
Used in a sentence
She _____ down to tie her daughter's shoelaces before they left for school.
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