Past Daily Challenge
September 3, 2026
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Question 1 · verb
extend in one or more directions
Answer: expand
The dough expand
Original choices and explanations
- expand
- extend in one or more directions
- strengthen
- make strong or stronger
- improve
- get better
- add
- bestow a quality on
Question 2 · adjective
so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness
Answer: tedious
tedious days on the train
Original choices and explanations
- arduous
- difficult to accomplish; demanding considerable mental effort and skill
- tedious
- so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness
- pointless
- serving no useful purpose; having no excuse for being
- tiring
- producing exhaustion
Question 3 · verb
consider or ponder something carefully
Answer: bethink
She bethink her of their predicament
Original choices and explanations
- adjure
- command solemnly
- straiten
- squeeze together
- repine
- express discontent
- bethink
- consider or ponder something carefully
Question 4 · adjective
roundabout and unnecessarily wordy
Answer: periphrastic
A periphrastic study in a worn-out poetical fashion, / Leaving one still with the intolerable wrestle / With words and meanings.
Original choices and explanations
- inchoative
- in an initial stage
- periphrastic
- roundabout and unnecessarily wordy
- optative
- indicating an option or wish
- pluperfect
- more than perfect
Question 5 · noun
the elastic tension of living muscles, arteries, etc. that facilitate response to stimuli
Answer: tonicity
the doctor tested my tonicity
Original choices and explanations
- endolymph
- the bodily fluid that fills the membranous labyrinth of the inner ear
- vasopressor
- any agent that produces vasoconstriction and a rise in blood pressure (usually understood as increased arterial pressure)
- tonicity
- the elastic tension of living muscles, arteries, etc. that facilitate response to stimuli
- turgor
- (biology) the normal rigid state of fullness of a cell or blood vessel or capillary resulting from pressure of the contents against the wall or membrane
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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