Wordle Answer for November 15, 2024
On November 15, 2024, the daily Wordle puzzle resolved to TACKY. Here's the full breakdown — hints for each turn count, the definition, and the supporting clues we generated when this puzzle was live.
The answer
TACKY
What tacky means
Sticky or adhesive to the touch, or cheap and poorly made with no taste or style.
Where the word comes from
From the noun "tack," meaning a small nail or a course of action, plus the suffix "-y." The noun "tack" came to mean a sticky or adhesive quality in the 1800s, borrowed from nautical language where "tack" referred to the direction a ship sails. The adjective "tacky" emerged in American English around the 1860s, first describing something sticky or adhesive, then broadening to mean cheap, shabby, or in poor taste by the early 1900s.
Hints for November 15, 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 tacky
- garish
- tawdry
- brassy
- meretricious
- gaudy
- wet
- gimcrack
- flashy
Used in a sentence
The decorations on the abandoned house looked _____ with their faded plastic flamingos and chipped paint.
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