MARSH
What does "MARSH" mean?
An area of low, wet land, often flooded and dominated by grasses and reeds.
Meanings
- A tract of soft, waterlogged ground, typically grassy and treeless, frequently inundated. Herons stalked the shallow pools at the edge of the marsh.
Did you know?
- A salt marsh is a quiet carbon vault: its waterlogged soils trap and bury carbon for centuries, and acre for acre many salt marshes lock it away faster than a tropical forest does.
Word origin
From Old English 'mersc' or 'merisc', meaning watery land, ultimately related to 'mere' (a lake or pool) and the Proto-Germanic root for sea.
Remember it
MARSH = Mud And Reeds, Soggy Habitat - the place itself spelled out.
A little poem
Reeds lean, then stand straight-
the tide writes and erases
the same grey sentence.
haiku
Wordplay
- Why did the field never get a straight answer from the wetland? Every reply was a bit marsh-y.
What it teaches
The softest ground stores the most; what looks like waste is often the world quietly saving for later.
Quick facts
What does MARSH mean?
An area of low, wet land, often flooded and dominated by grasses and reeds.
Is MARSH a valid word?
Yes — MARSH is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is MARSH?
MARSH has 5 letters and 1 syllable.
Where does MARSH come from?
From Old English 'mersc' or 'merisc', meaning watery land, ultimately related to 'mere' (a lake or pool) and the Proto-Germanic root for sea.
What can MARSH teach us?
The softest ground stores the most; what looks like waste is often the world quietly saving for later.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.