Past Daily Challenge
September 16, 2026
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Question 1 · noun
A crested parrot from Australia
Answer: cockatoo
Original choices and explanations
- cockatoo
- A crested parrot from Australia
- mongoose
- A nimble mammal that preys on snakes and rodents
- aardvark
- a nocturnal African mammal that eats termites
- longhorn
- Beef cattle with extended pointed growths on the head
Question 2 · adverb
In an ambiguous manner
Answer: equivocally
Original choices and explanations
- opportunely
- At a convenient or suitable time
- equivocally
- In an ambiguous manner
- nefariously
- In a wicked or criminal way
- vacuously
- In an empty or meaningless way
Question 3 · verb
provide someone with clothes
Answer: raiment
Original choices and explanations
- tweedle
- To play a musical instrument carelessly
- hackle
- comb fibers with a toothed tool
- raiment
- provide someone with clothes
- damascene
- Inlay metal with gold or silver
Question 4 · adjective
Having a healthy reddish color
Answer: rubicund
Santa's rubicund cheeks
Original choices and explanations
- cuspidal
- Having pointed projections
- hyaloid
- Glasslike in transparency
- demulcent
- Having a soothing or softening effect
- rubicund
- Having a healthy reddish color
Question 5 · noun
Sweet bread baked twice until crisp
Answer: zwieback
Original choices and explanations
- zwieback
- Sweet bread baked twice until crisp
- syllabub
- A dessert of sweetened cream mixed with wine or liquor
- pitahaya
- A brightly colored edible cactus fruit
- chymosin
- An enzyme that makes milk curdle
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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