Past Daily Challenge
September 27, 2026
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Question 1 · adverb
To the extent required
Answer: enough
have I eaten enough?
Original choices and explanations
- enough
- To the extent required
- least
- Used to form a superlative indicating the smallest size or degree
- clear
- In a manner that is easy to perceive
- together
- At the same time
Question 2 · adjective
widely accepted as true or worthy
Answer: received
a received moral idea
Original choices and explanations
- effected
- Settled securely and unconditionally
- codified
- Established in a written code of laws
- violated
- Treated with disrespect toward what is sacred
- received
- widely accepted as true or worthy
Question 3 · adverb
In a deliberately reckless or unrestrained manner
Answer: wantonly
the animals were killed wantonly for sport
Original choices and explanations
- frugally
- In an economical, careful way
- wantonly
- Deliberately and without concern for consequences
- stoically
- Without showing emotion
- ruefully
- With regret or sorrow
Question 4 · adjective
stupid and lacking energy
Answer: gormless
Original choices and explanations
- seraphic
- Sweet and innocent like an angel
- recusant
- Refusing to submit to authority
- gormless
- stupid and lacking energy
- stoical
- Calm and unmoved by pleasure or pain
Question 5 · adjective
Growing on a plant stem
Answer: cauline
cauline leaves
Original choices and explanations
- flexuous
- having many bends or curves
- capitate
- Abruptly enlarged and rounded at the tip
- plangent
- Loud and resounding
- cauline
- Growing on a plant stem
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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