The answer to today's Wordle is "Tooth." According to Merriam-Webster, the noun is defined as, "one of the hard bony appendages that are borne on the jaws or in many of the lower vertebrates on other bones in the walls of the mouth or pharynx and serve especially for the prehension and mastication of food and as weapons of offense and defense.

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