Past Daily Challenge
September 5, 2026
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Question 1 · adjective
unavoidably determined by prior circumstances
Answer: necessary
the necessary consequences of one's actions
Original choices and explanations
- necessary
- unavoidably determined by prior circumstances
- appropriate
- meant or adapted for an occasion or use
- crucial
- of the greatest importance
- possible
- capable of happening or existing
Question 2 · adverb
by reasonable assumption
Answer: presumably
presumably, he missed the train
Original choices and explanations
- possibly
- by chance
- presumably
- by reasonable assumption
- ostensibly
- from appearances alone
- evidently
- unmistakably (‘plain’ is often used informally for ‘plainly’)
Question 3 · noun
soft smooth leather from the hide of a young goat
Answer: kid
kid gloves
Original choices and explanations
- denim
- a coarse durable twill-weave cotton fabric
- velvet
- a silky densely piled fabric with a plain back
- satin
- a smooth fabric of silk or rayon; has a glossy face and a dull back
- kid
- soft smooth leather from the hide of a young goat
Question 4 · noun
a small nipple-shaped protuberance concerned with taste, touch, or smell
Answer: papilla
the papilla of the tongue
Original choices and explanations
- hypophysis
- the master gland of the endocrine system; located at the base of the brain
- papilla
- a small nipple-shaped protuberance concerned with taste, touch, or smell
- hamartoma
- a focal growth that resembles a neoplasm but results from faulty development in an organ
- denticle
- small pointed ridge on the exoskeleton of an arthropod
Question 5 · verb
be a mystery or bewildering to
Answer: flummox
The bad news will flummox him
Original choices and explanations
- outfox
- outdo someone in trickery
- unnerve
- disturb the composure of
- flummox
- be a mystery or bewildering to
- bemuse
- cause to be confused emotionally
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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