Wordle Answer for January 17, 2024
Players who opened Wordle on January 17, 2024 were trying to land on COURT. 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
COURT
What court means
A place where a judge or judges hear and decide legal cases, or an open area surrounded by buildings or walls.
Where the word comes from
From Old French *court*, derived from Latin *cohors* (enclosed yard, retinue). The Latin term originally meant an enclosed farmyard or enclosure, later extending to mean a retinue or group of attendants. As power centralized around monarchs, "court" came to denote both the physical space where a ruler held audience and the sovereign's household and advisors themselves. The legal sense developed as courts became formal venues for administering justice.
Hints for January 17, 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 court
- solicit
- homage
- tribunal
- courtyard
- judicature
- woo
- courtroom
- motor hotel
Used in a sentence
The judge banged her gavel and told everyone to rise in the crowded _____ this morning.
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