Past Daily Challenge
August 26, 2026
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Question 1 · noun
a relatively short golf shot intended to put the ball onto the putting green
Answer: approach
he lost the hole when his approach rolled over the green
Original choices and explanations
- technique
- a practical method or art applied to some particular task
- strategy
- an elaborate and systematic plan of action
- approach
- a relatively short golf shot intended to put the ball onto the putting green
- manner
- a kind
Question 2 · noun
a personal enemy
Answer: foe
they had been political foe for years
Original choices and explanations
- pal
- a close friend who accompanies their buddies in their activities
- nemesis
- something causing misery or death
- ally
- a friendly nation
- foe
- a personal enemy
Question 3 · verb
hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of
Answer: frustrate
What ultimately frustrate every challenger was Ruth's amazing September surge
Original choices and explanations
- frustrate
- hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of
- confound
- mistake one thing for another
- unsettle
- disturb the composure of
- impede
- block passage through
Question 5 · verb
add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing
Answer: expatiate
They expatiate that there was a traffic accident
Original choices and explanations
- expostulate
- reason with (somebody) for the purpose of dissuasion
- philosophise
- reason philosophically
- expatiate
- add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing
- obtrude
- push to thrust outward
Definitions and examples adapted from Princeton WordNet and the Open English WordNet team’s 2025 data. Lexifour rewrites clues and explanations and blanks example sentences; this archive preserves the game’s original wording and choice order. License and attribution notices; Open English WordNet development is licensed under CC BY 4.0. Reference: McCrae, Rademaker, Bond, Rudnicka, and Fellbaum (2019), English WordNet 2019 – An Open-Source WordNet for English.
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