Words to Help You Win at Wordle: The Best Starting Words for Wordle

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  1. adieu
    a farewell remark
  2. odium
    hate coupled with disgust
  3. shade
    relative darkness caused when sunlight is blocked
  4. resin
    a viscous substance obtained from plants or simple molecules
  5. alert
    warn or arouse to a sense of danger
  6. haunt
    follow stealthily or pursue like a ghost
  7. orate
    make speeches
  8. media
    systems of mass communications considered collectively
  9. blind
    unable to see
  10. route
    an established line of travel or access
  11. audio
    a transmitted signal you can hear
  12. pause
    stop an action temporarily
  13. alien
    from another place or part of the world
  14. canoe
    a small, light boat propelled with a paddle
  15. plane
    a fixed-wing aircraft that is powered by propellers or jets
  16. rouse
    cause to become awake or conscious
  17. fraud
    intentional deception resulting in injury to another person
  18. atone
    turn away from sin or do penitence
  19. raise
    move upwards
  20. minor
    inferior in number or size or amount
Created on Tue Jan 25 17:21:54 EST 2022 (updated Thu Jan 27 17:39:08 EST 2022)

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