Wordle Answer for May 29, 2025
Players who opened Wordle on May 29, 2025 were trying to land on QUASH. 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
QUASH
What quash means
To reject, overrule, or void a legal decision, conviction, or official action, typically by a higher authority.
Where the word comes from
From Old French *quasser*, meaning to break or crush, derived from Latin *quassare*, an intensive form of *quatio* (to shake or strike). The word entered Middle English in the 14th century with the sense of physically breaking or destroying, later extending to the legal meaning of invalidating or nullifying a court decision or indictment.
Hints for May 29, 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 quash
- void
- subjugate
- subdue
- nullify
- reduce
- avoid
- annul
- repress
Used in a sentence
The judge decided to _____ the conviction after new evidence proved the defendant's innocence.
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