Wordle Answer for January 12, 2024
On January 12, 2024, the daily Wordle puzzle resolved to ROUTE. Here's the full breakdown — hints for each turn count, the definition, and the supporting clues we generated when this puzzle was live.
The answer
ROUTE
What route means
A way or course that someone or something takes or is directed to take from one place to another.
Where the word comes from
From Old French "route," meaning a road or way, derived from Latin "rupta," the feminine past participle of "rumpere" (to break). The term originally referred to a path broken or cleared through terrain. The word entered English in the 14th century and retained its core sense of a traveled way or course of travel.
Hints for January 12, 2024
Each row is the starting word our algorithm picks for that turn count, with the tiles Wordle would have shown in response.
Synonyms of route
- path
- road
- itinerary
- roadmap
- way
- thoroughfare
- travel
- tour
Used in a sentence
The GPS suggested a faster _____ through the residential streets to avoid highway traffic.
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