Wordle #1776 Hints and Answer
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Wordle #1776: CROCK
noun. (countable) A stoneware or earthenware jar or storage container.
Usage: 1590-96, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, 1750, The Works of Spenser, Volume 3, page 181, Therefore the Vulgar did about him flock / And cluster thick unto his leaſings vain; / Like fooliſh Flies about an Honey-Crock; / In hope by him great Benefit to gain, / And uncontrolled Freedom to obtain.
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CROCK has 4 different letters and 1 standard vowels. The repeated C requires more than one position.
Its structure is CCVCC, counting A, E, I, O and U as vowels. In our 12,653-word dictionary, 39 other words share its first and last letters, including CAULK, CHACK, CHALK, CHANK. Those words are examples of matching structure, not verified game answers.