Wordle Answer for August 6, 2024
The Wordle for August 6, 2024 solved to ANVIL. Below are the starting-word hints for every turn count, plus the meaning and origin of the word itself.
The answer
ANVIL
What anvil means
A heavy iron or steel block with a smooth, flat top surface on which metal is shaped and hammered by blacksmiths and metalworkers.
Where the word comes from
From Old English *anfilt*, itself from Proto-Germanic *anabiltiz*, built from *ana-* (on) and *biltiz* (related to "build"). The root conveys the sense of something "built up" or a structure upon which things are shaped. The word passed into Old French as *enclume* via a different Germanic path, but English retained its Germanic form through the medieval period.
Hints for August 6, 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 anvil
- incus
- stithy
- wall
- ton
- set tool
- trip hammer
- ancony
- forge-hammer
Used in a sentence
The blacksmith heated the metal and placed it carefully on the _____ before striking it with his hammer.
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