NYT’s Wordle players curious about the answer for today’s edition #1291, December 31, can find it along with all the clues, hints, and help to arrive at it here. Wordle is a daily word game that has players find a five-letter word. Help is provided through three distinct colors — grey, yellow, and green. Grey indicates a completely incorrect answer, while yellow denotes the correct letter in an incorrect position. Finally, green signifies the correct answer, consisting of the correct letter and correct position. Players get a total of six guesses for the answer.
Here are the hints, clues, help, and answer for December 31’s Wordle edition.
Wordle hint for December 31
Here are some hints to help you arrive at December 31’s Wordle answer:
Is there a consonant letter?
Yes, it is ‘R.’
Does the letter have a vowel?
Yes, it has two vowels, ‘E’ and ‘U.’
Are there any duplicate letters?
No duplicate letters.
What part of speech is it?
It is a noun.
What does the word mean?
An arboreal primate endemic to Madagascar.
What is the Wordle answer for today, December 31?
The Wordle answer for today, December 31 is ‘LEMUR.’
According to Merriam-Webster, Lemurs are diurnal or nocturnal arboreal primates that are endemic to Madagascar and the Comoros Islands. These primates have the following visual features:
- A long muzzle
- Large eyes
- Extremely soft woolly fur
- Long furry tail
- Typically eat fruit and plant parts (leaves, flowers, and seeds), and occasionally insects and small animals
There are over 100 species of lemur in the world. The Eulemur genus has multiple species like brown lemurs, blue-eyed black lemurs, and red-bellied lemurs. Meanwhile, the Doubentonia genus has just one species, aye-aye. (via Discover Wildlife)
King Julien from the computer-animated Madagascar film franchise is a famous lemur who is especially known for his rendition of the song “I Like to Move It, Move It.”
The noun “lemur” was originally recorded in 1790-1800. The term was derived from the Latin word lemure (plural lemures), which meant ghosts/spectres/shades of the dead. (via Dictionary)
