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By Megan Shersby\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Thursday, 24 February 2022 at 12:00 am<\/p>

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Have you been scratching your head over Wordle and the potential solutions? So have we! And being the wildlife-loving (see also: -obsessed) folks that we are, we can\u2019t help thinking of animal, plant and other nature-related words! Including some unusual ones. For example, whilst you\u2019ve most likely heard of robin, eagle and venom, have you ever heard of a dhole or a quoll?<\/p>\n

We thought we\u2019d collate these all together here, so you can refer to the guide when attempting the latest Wordle quiz \u2013 or if you fancy learning a bit about these wildlife terms, as we have also included a fact with many of the words and extra reading to find out even more.<\/p>\n

A little disclaimer: we\u2019ve not tested all of these in the Wordle game, so it might be that some of them aren\u2019t accepted!<\/p>\n

If you enjoy this, you might want to check out our article on collective nouns for animals<\/a>\u00a0by author and investigator of languages and interesting words Adam Jacot de Boinod. And if you\u2019re a fun of word-based quizzes, head on over to our crosswords page<\/a>, where there are 20 crossword puzzles to attempt!<\/p>\n

What is Wordle?<\/h2>\n
Wordle<\/a> is a daily web-based game which, as the name suggests, is focused on words. Players have six attempts to guess that day\u2019s word, which is always five letters in length. When incorrect words are guessed, the letters will appear in different colours blocks \u2013 grey if that letter doesn\u2019t appear in the day\u2019s word at all, yellow if it appears in the word but in a different location within the word, and green if it does appear and in that location.<\/p>\n
The game was initially created by Welsh software designer Josh Wardle who is based in Brooklyn, as a way to entertain his partner during the coronavirus pandemic lockdown. He put it online in October 2021, and it was soon being played by millions of people around the world, with players able to share their results online, such as via WhatsApp and Twitter.<\/p>\n
In January 2022, he sold the game to the New York Times for a significant amount. Since then, users have voiced a number of complaints and worries \u2013 that it would get too easy, or too hard, or too American (for example, \u2018humor\u2019 was the solution recently), or payment would be needed to take part, or advertisements would start appearing.<\/p>\n
A number of other versions have sprung up since, including Quordle<\/a> (four grids needs to be completed), Wordle<\/a> (guessing the country from its silhouette), and Nerdle<\/a> (mathematical).<\/p>\n

Five letter animal, plant and nature words for Wordle<\/h2>\n
The words are arranged in alphabetical order, click on the letter you want below to jump to that section of the article.<\/p>\n
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ACORN<\/h3>\n
\u201cGreat oaks from little acorns grow\u201d \u2013 and it\u2019s true. From a small little nut, mighty oak trees grow which can live for hundreds and hundreds of years. Discover how to grow your own oak tree<\/a> with our step-by-step guide.<\/p>\n
ADDER<\/h3>\n
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