Darking
7 lettersverbrareUpdated June 2026
Definition
Present participle of dark, an archaic or dialectal form meaning to grow dark or become darker.
“The evening sky was darking overhead as they hurried across the moor to find shelter.”
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Wordle
Starts with DARK and ends in ING, an archaic verb form that most solvers would not expect from the adjective dark
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The K is the key scoring tile and the ING suffix is board-friendly, rewarding players who know this rare verbal form
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