Past Daily Challenge
September 17, 2026
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Question 1 · noun
An aromatic herb used for seasoning
Answer: tarragon
Original choices and explanations
- julienne
- Vegetables cut into thin strips
- tarragon
- An aromatic herb used for seasoning
- tiramisu
- An Italian dessert with coffee-soaked cake
- teriyaki
- Meat or seafood grilled in soy sauce
Question 2 · noun
smooth but shallow fluency
Answer: glibness
the glibness of a high-pressure salesman
Original choices and explanations
- triteness
- The quality of being stale or unoriginal
- aptness
- Suitability for a particular occasion
- glibness
- smooth but shallow fluency
- woodiness
- The quality of being densely covered with trees
Question 3 · noun
A deformity marked by an abnormally high arch and overextended toes, creating a talon-like shape
Answer: clawfoot
Original choices and explanations
- basophil
- A white blood cell containing granules readily colored by basic stains
- idolater
- A person who worships sacred images or false gods
- monosomy
- A chromosomal abnormality in which one chromosome is missing from the normal diploid set
- clawfoot
- A deformity marked by an abnormally high arch and overextended toes, creating a talon-like shape
Question 4 · noun
Smooth, freely flowing lava
Answer: pahoehoe
Original choices and explanations
- pahoehoe
- Smooth, freely flowing lava
- aerolite
- A stony meteorite made chiefly of silicate minerals
- asterism
- A recognizable pattern of stars
- bdellium
- An aromatic resin similar to myrrh
Question 5 · adjective
Abruptly enlarged and rounded at the tip
Answer: capitate
Original choices and explanations
- carious
- Affected by tooth decay
- capitate
- Abruptly enlarged and rounded at the tip
- cauline
- Growing on a plant stem
- plangent
- Loud and resounding
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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