π·π§§π°πββοΈTake the Money and RunπββοΈ π°πΆπͺ
see other lists at https://rentry.co/wordle-meta-list
born of some some back and forth in after the AUREI Starter on November 7 2025 https://www.nytimes.com/shared/comment/4bmpj7
TALER is known to be a good starter. @Documentalista looked the others up in Wikipedia article and the Merriam Webster Money table https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/money#table with some additions coming from the community.
@Anita (Sydney, sort by Oldest to look for her in the early part of the Comments) suggested using the list in December 2025 and is collecting sponsors and organised the calendatr. see:
https://www.nytimes.com/shared/comment/4c3vqv
and https://www.nytimes.com/shared/comment/4c4ap8 (Nov 28/29)
https://www.nytimes.com/shared/comment/4c4hp6 (Nov 29/30)
https://www.nytimes.com/shared/comment/4c4v8d (Nov 30 Dec 1)
https://www.nytimes.com/shared/comment/4c5d2n (Dec 1-Dec 2)
https://www.nytimes.com/shared/comment/4c6i3n (Dec2-Dec 3)
The calendar was complete on December 2
Calendar
Don't forget that AUREI, @ADK's choice during @MIke's November 2024 vowels theme, provided the start for the idea of this theme.
Keep AUREI in mind as a second word, or maybe use it on January 1st 2026.
In my beginning is my end.
Dec 1st ZLOTY @Anita
Dec 2nd REALS @DeeDee
Dec 3rd GROAT @Rad
Dec 4th CROWN @Trader Kate
Dec 5th PENCE @Krobi
Dec 6th KNUTS @Pam B
Dec 7th BUCKS @Meg Warren
Dec 8th PIECEs
of EIGHT @Dr Tooth
Dec 9th STONE @Peter
Dec 10th KRONE @Yal and more Yal
Dec 11th TALER @MartinU
Dec 12th SUCRE @StillSeasonable
Dec 13th BREAD @Monika
Dec 14th POUND @Desperate Dan
Dec 15th VERGE @Ivy De Pauw
Dec 16th YUANS @Lynny
Dec 17th RIYAL @Yal
Dec 18th CAURI @LisaFC
Dec 19th PENGO @Peter
Dec 20th LIRAS @DeeDee
Dec 21st COWRY @Anita
Dec 22nd FRANC @Fiona
Dec 23rd PENNY @ Samples Driscoll
Dec 24th THEBE @Documentalista
Dec 25th FIVER @Rad
Dec 26th RUBLE @Myle
Dec 27th COINS (BITTY COINS For those who dare) @WT
Dec 28th DUCAT @KImmyAnn
Dec 29tth MONEY @Dez -possibility of playing the ADDLE-LAYED Motto
Dec 30th ZAIRE @Desperate Dan
Dec 31st RANDS @Jenny (Queensland)
Individual names of currencies
CROWN- DINAR
DUCATFRANCGROAT- KRONA
- KRONE
- LEONE
- LIVRE
- MANAT (Azerbaijan)
- NAIRA (Nigeria)
- NAKFA (Eritrea)
PENGO(Hungary)- PAISA (1/100 RUPEE)
PENNYPIECE of EIGHT(argg!)POUNDRIYALRUBLE- RUPEE
- SCUDO (old Bolivia, Italian states)
STONE(cryptocurrency or the Rai Stone money of Yap in Micronesia)SUCRE(Ecuador)TALER(also thaler, large silver coins in old Germany, dollaris a derivation thereof)- TENGE (Kazakhstan)
THEBE(one hundredth of a pula in Botswana)- TICAL (old Burma, Siam)
- TOMAN (Iran)
VERGE( crypto currency)ZAIRE(formerly of Zaire now DRC)ZLOTY- ZUZIM (plural of zuz A silver coin anciently in use among the Jews, the fourth part of a silver shekel)
Plurals
- AUREI ( Ancient Rome)
LIRAS(formerly of Italy, Turkey)- DIMES
- EUROS
KNUTS(PotterWorld smallest denomination coins)- PESOS
REALS(Brazil)- RIALS (Arabian peninsula countries, Iraq)
RANDS(South Africa)YUANSPENCE
It's Just money... generic and slang words some plurals
- BRASS
BREAD- BUCKS
COINS(BITTY COINS for novelty)CAURI COWRY(shells used as money)- DOUGH
FIVER- GRAVY
- GREEN
- LOLLY
- LUCRE (filthy Lucre)
MONEY- MOOLA
- NOTES
- QUIDS
- RHINO
- SHELL (for the oldest type of currency)
- STUFF
ADDLE-LAYED motto in two versions
see https://rentry.co/wordle-addle-layed for other examples
ROUTE WHOLE EVILS MONEY
ROUTE OFFAL EVILS MONEY
The Root of all Evil is Money