Wordle Answer for December 14, 2023
Players who opened Wordle on December 14, 2023 were trying to land on WOULD. 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
WOULD
What would means
The past tense form of "will" used to express conditional, hypothetical, or habitual actions in the past, or to make polite requests.
Where the word comes from
"Would" comes from Old English "wolde," the past tense of "willan" (to will or wish). This verb traces back to Proto-Germanic "willjan," related to "will" itself. The form shifted in meaning over time from expressing simple past desire to functioning as a modal auxiliary expressing conditional or habitual action, a role it has occupied in English since the Middle English period.
Hints for December 14, 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 would
- ought
- expected
- wish
- association
- only
- dare
- club
- never
Used in a sentence
I _____ have called you earlier if I had remembered your new phone number.
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