Past Daily Challenge
September 23, 2026
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Question 1 · verb
To plan and direct a complex project
Answer: engineer
Original choices and explanations
- champion
- To support or defend a cause
- concrete
- Cover with cement
- conduct
- manage or direct an activity
- engineer
- To plan and direct a complex project
Question 2 · noun
A person waiting in concealment
Answer: skulker
Original choices and explanations
- skulker
- A person waiting in concealment
- nebbish
- A timid, hapless person
- aphasic
- A person with impaired language ability
- tippler
- A person who drinks alcohol habitually
Question 3 · adjective
In an advanced stage of pregnancy
Answer: enceinte
Original choices and explanations
- fossorial
- Adapted for digging
- enceinte
- In an advanced stage of pregnancy
- capitate
- Abruptly enlarged and rounded at the tip
- carious
- Affected by tooth decay
Question 4 · noun
An aromatic ointment used in ancient times
Answer: spikenard
Original choices and explanations
- stibnite
- A soft gray mineral that is the chief ore of antimony
- pearlite
- A layered mixture of metals found in steel
- spikenard
- An aromatic ointment used in ancient times
- kunzite
- A pinkish-lilac gemstone
Question 5 · noun
A type of crepe fabric used for dresses
Answer: marocain
Original choices and explanations
- steatite
- a soft, soapy-feeling form of talc
- galbanum
- A bitter aromatic gum resin
- stibnite
- A soft gray mineral that is the chief ore of antimony
- marocain
- A type of crepe fabric used for dresses
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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