Wordle Answer for August 31, 2024
The Wordle for August 31, 2024 solved to SPOUT. Below are the starting-word hints for every turn count, plus the meaning and origin of the word itself.
The answer
SPOUT
What spout means
A tube or pipe through which liquid or gas flows out of a container, or to eject something forcefully and rapidly.
Where the word comes from
From Middle English *spouten*, likely from Old Norse *spúta*, meaning to spit or spurt. The Norse root is related to Proto-Germanic *spūt-*, which shares ancestry with words meaning to eject forcefully. The sense shifted from "to spit" to "to gush out" and then to the noun meaning a projecting tube or lip through which liquid flows.
Hints for August 31, 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 spout
- spurt
- spirt
- jabber
- rant
- gush
- rave
- mouth off
- rabbit on
Used in a sentence
Water shoots from the whale's blowhole in a magnificent _____ before it dives deep below.
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