Wordle Answer for July 26, 2025
The Wordle for July 26, 2025 solved to HAUNT. Below are the starting-word hints for every turn count, plus the meaning and origin of the word itself.
The answer
HAUNT
What haunt means
A place or spirit that regularly appears in or recurs to a particular location, or to visit or appear as a ghost in a place where one died or lived.
Where the word comes from
From Old French *haunter*, meaning to frequent or visit regularly. The word likely derives from a Germanic source akin to Old Norse *heimta*, meaning to fetch or bring home. The sense shifted from "to visit regularly" to "to visit as a ghost" by the 13th century, influenced by the idea of a spirit returning to a familiar place.
Hints for July 26, 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 haunt
- stalk
- repair
- resort
- obsess
- hangout
- stamping ground
- ghost
Used in a sentence
The old cemetery on the hill doesn't actually _____ me, but I avoid it after dark anyway.
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