Wordle Answer for April 17, 2025
Players who opened Wordle on April 17, 2025 were trying to land on STOOD. 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
STOOD
What stood means
Remained upright on one's feet in a vertical position, or remained in a particular place or condition without moving.
Where the word comes from
From Old English *stōd*, past tense of *standan* (to stand). This comes from Proto-Germanic *stōd*, itself derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *steh₂-*, meaning "to stand" or "to be steady." The same root gave rise to related words like "static" and "state" in English, and similar past-tense forms exist across Germanic languages.
Hints for April 17, 2025
Each row is the starting word our algorithm picks for that turn count, with the tiles Wordle would have shown in response.
Synonyms of stood
- accounted
- advocated
- amounted
- appeared
- arose
- arrived
- became
- been
Used in a sentence
The old oak tree _____ in the middle of the meadow for over two hundred years.
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