The daily Wordle puzzle for December 15th (#1640) has been solved: the answer is DODGY. The word features a repeated letter and refers to being unreliable or dishonest.
Hints Provided Before the Reveal
The New York Times’ popular word game provided a series of clues leading up to the solution. These included the presence of a repeating letter, a single vowel (plus a sometimes-vowel), and the fact that the word begins with “D” and ends with “Y”.
Recent Wordle History
For those who missed previous days, here’s a quick recap:
- December 14th (#1639): SWING
- December 10th (#1635): ERASE
- December 11th (#1636): GUESS
- December 12th (#1637): TRUCK
- December 13th (#1638): MISER
The Inevitable End of the Word List?
Wordle’s creator, Josh Wardle, initially selected words from a personal list, limiting the pool to around 2,000 five-letter terms. More than half have already been used. According to current editor Tracy Bennett, the game will eventually face a finite word supply.
Bennett has suggested several potential solutions: recycling previously used words, allowing plurals or past tense forms (which are currently excluded), or even expanding the game to include six-letter words. The long-term viability of the game hinges on adapting to this constraint.
The game will eventually have to come to grips with the fact that the word list is not eternal. — Tracy Bennett, Wordle editor.
The future of Wordle remains uncertain, but the game will likely evolve to maintain engagement once the current word list is exhausted.
