Wordle Answer for July 8, 2024

Players who opened Wordle on July 8, 2024 were trying to land on SHAPE. 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

SHAPE

What shape means

The visible form or outline of something, or to give a particular form or character to something.

Where the word comes from

Shape comes from Old English "scieppan," meaning to create or form. This verb derives from Proto-Germanic "skappanan," related to the notion of scraping or cutting material into form. The word's cousins appear in Old Norse "skapa" (to create) and Old High German "scapfen." By Middle English, "shape" had broadened to mean any form or configuration, whether created intentionally or naturally.

Hints for July 8, 2024

Each row is the starting word our algorithm picks for that turn count, with the tiles Wordle would have shown in response.

Solve in 2 turnsshare
Solve in 3 turnsphase
Solve in 4 turnsheaps
Solve in 5 turnsheaps
Solve in 6 turnsephas

Synonyms of shape

  • cast
  • soma
  • influence
  • form
  • physique
  • build
  • frame
  • determine

Used in a sentence

The potter carefully molded the clay into the _____ of a delicate vase.

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