Wordle Answer for June 3, 2024
Players who opened Wordle on June 3, 2024 were trying to land on STARK. 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
STARK
What stark means
Extremely plain, bare, or severe in appearance, with no decoration or softening details, or stark can mean harsh and unpleasant in a way that is impossible to ignore.
Where the word comes from
From Old English *stearc*, meaning stiff or rigid, related to Old Norse *sterkr* (strong) and Old High German *starc*. These Germanic roots trace back to Proto-Germanic *sterkaz*, which may be connected to an Indo-European root meaning to be stiff or unyielding. The sense shifted from physical stiffness to severity or harshness, then to the modern meaning of severe, bare, or utter.
Hints for June 3, 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 stark
- austere
- desolate
- crude
- bleak
- severe
- blunt
- plain
- bare
Used in a sentence
The contrast between the wealthy neighborhood and the _____ poverty just blocks away was impossible to ignore.
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