Wordle Answer for December 18, 2025
Players who opened Wordle on December 18, 2025 were trying to land on RUGBY. 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
RUGBY
What rugby means
A contact sport played between two teams of fifteen players who attempt to move an oval ball down a field by running, passing, and kicking, with the objective of scoring points by getting the ball into the opponent's end zone.
Where the word comes from
Rugby comes from Rugby, a town in Warwickshire, England, where the sport originated in the early 19th century. According to tradition, a student named William Webb Ellis picked up a football and ran with it during a match in 1820, inspiring the new game that took the town's name. The town itself has Anglo-Saxon roots, with "rug" possibly meaning "ridge" and "by" meaning "settlement" in Old Norse, reflecting Viking influence on English place names.
Hints for December 18, 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 rugby
- rugby football
- rugger
- football
- lam
- ball
- federation
- rugby union
- rugby league
Used in a sentence
The _____ team practiced their scrums and tackles for three hours before the match.
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