Wordle Answer for October 4, 2025
The Wordle for October 4, 2025 solved to RELAY. Below are the starting-word hints for every turn count, plus the meaning and origin of the word itself.
The answer
RELAY
What relay means
A device or system that receives a signal or message and passes it on to another location or device, or to take turns with others in completing a task.
Where the word comes from
From Old French "relayer," meaning to change horses or leave behind, built from "re-" (again) and "layer" (to leave). The notion of changing fresh horses at stations evolved into the modern sense of passing something onward in stages. The word entered English in the 15th century and eventually came to mean any system where a task or message is handed off successively from one agent to another.
Hints for October 4, 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 relay
- electrical relay
- roadhouse
- baton
- conduit
- relais
- fuse
- bridge
- transaxle
Used in a sentence
The runner handed off the baton during the _____ race at the Olympic Games.
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