Ling
4 lettersnounrareUpdated June 2026
Definition
A water chestnut species whose spiny fruit bears two prongs rather than four.
“The pond's edge was ringed with ling, its distinctive two-pronged fruit bobbing just below the surface.”
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L-I-N-G is a common word ending, though here it is a noun, all four letters appear frequently in Wordle
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Worth 5 points, extends to LINGS or LINGO, the -ING ending makes it easy to remember
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