Daily Word Challenge #14 · October 9, 2026
tacit
adjectiveTASS-it
What it means
Tacit describes something understood or agreed on without being stated out loud.
Tacit in a sentence
There was a tacit agreement that nobody would mention the broken vase.
Similar words: unspoken, implicit, implied
Where it comes from
From Latin tacitus, silent, from tacere, to be silent. Taciturn comes from the same root.
Play puzzle #14 Today's challenge
Quick quiz
1. What does TACIT mean?
2. Which word is closest in meaning to TACIT?
3. Which word completes the sentence? "There was a _____ agreement that nobody would mention the broken vase."
Unscramble challenge
Rearrange these letters to make a five-letter word meaning "clear and easy to understand":
Show the answer
LUCID, from Daily Word Challenge #6.