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🎁 Christmas Quest - Level 1
The word is a noun and verb

Today's puzzle is a noun and verb, and is related to "ticks".
Can you find it in 11 guesses?

Each guess reveals how close you are to the target word semantically, along with a new warm hint. Think "hotter or colder" with meaning, not spelling. And to make it extra challenging, all words are five letters in length.

Lexicle is a daily word puzzle game where you guess the mystery word based on its meaning β€” like Wordle meets "hot or cold".
It challenges your semantic understanding of words.

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All Words Related to Today's Puzzle at a glance

Here's the full list of valid 5-letter words related to the target word, organized by closeness in meaning. Let us know your feedback in the comments below!

Hot Words - Semtantically Close

  • timer
  • watch

Warm Words - Semantically Related

  • ticks
  • gears
  • timed
  • digit
  • alarm
  • gauge
  • woken
  • tempo
  • chime
  • wakes
  • wound
  • hertz
  • zones
  • punch
  • wrist
  • turns
  • times
  • dials
  • hands
  • faces
  • alibi
  • hours

Tepid Words - Adjacent in Semantic Relation

  • shows
  • marks
  • awake
  • decor
  • orbit
  • frame
  • angle
  • keeps
  • works
  • chain
  • spins
  • parts
  • wages
  • tides
  • lunch
  • vigil
  • rings
  • sands
  • walls
  • meals
  • night
  • early
  • exact
  • aging
  • arise
  • ahead
  • maker
  • bells
  • awoke
  • delay
  • stand
  • hurry
  • speed
  • slept
  • month
  • radio
  • diary
  • beats
  • eight
  • event
  • moves
  • count
  • break
  • exams
  • death
  • units
  • tasks
  • noise
  • solar
  • hangs
  • dates
  • sound
  • tolls
  • meter
  • weeks
  • cycle
  • sleep
  • shift
  • round
  • knobs
  • point
  • tower
  • start
  • alert
  • pulse
  • years
  • metal
  • paced
  • lapse
  • phase
  • daily
  • rooms
  • pause