Wordle Answer for August 22, 2025

What ratty means

Looking shabby, worn, or in poor condition, or behaving like a rat; also used to describe someone who is disloyal or sneaky.

Where the word comes from

From rat plus the suffix -y (meaning "resembling or full of"). Rat itself comes from Old English ræt, which may derive from a Scandinavian source akin to Old Norse rotta. The -y suffix, used to form adjectives, comes from Old English -ig. So ratty literally means "like a rat" or "infested with rats," though it later acquired the British slang sense of shabby or bad-tempered.

Hints for August 22, 2025

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Synonyms of ratty

• shabby
• tatty
• worn
• moth-eaten

Used in a sentence

The old apartment had _____ furniture that was falling apart at the seams.