Past Daily Challenge
September 22, 2026
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Question 1 · noun
A male rider skilled in equitation
Answer: horseman
Original choices and explanations
- stringer
- A member of a sports team's squad
- creditor
- A person to whom money is owed
- horseman
- A male rider skilled in equitation
- wrangler
- A cowboy who cares for saddle horses
Question 2 · adjective
Nearest to a point of attachment or origin
Answer: proximal
the proximal end of a bone
Original choices and explanations
- cislunar
- Situated between Earth and the Moon
- riparian
- Located along a river or stream bank
- larboard
- on the left side of a ship
- proximal
- Nearest to a point of attachment or origin
Question 3 · noun
A slender woodwind instrument with a conical bore and double reed
Answer: hautbois
Original choices and explanations
- hautbois
- A slender woodwind instrument with a conical bore and double reed
- portiere
- A heavy curtain hung across a doorway
- aigrette
- A decorative plume worn on a hat or as jewelry
- mangonel
- A medieval catapult powered by people pulling ropes
Question 4 · noun
A large shaggy white Hungarian guard dog
Answer: komondor
Original choices and explanations
- keeshond
- A shaggy gray dog breed with a curled tail
- komondor
- A large shaggy white Hungarian guard dog
- markhor
- A large Himalayan goat with spiraled horns
- garganey
- A small Eurasian teal duck
Question 5 · noun
A wildly enthusiastic speech or writing
Answer: dithyramb
Original choices and explanations
- shivaree
- A noisy mock serenade for newlyweds
- scholium
- A marginal note on a classical text
- dithyramb
- A wildly enthusiastic speech or writing
- folderol
- Nonsensical talk or writing
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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