See today's fresh Wordle tips. Give your guesses the guidance they need and turn tricky yellow and gray letters into winning green. Or does the bottom of the April 22 (1038) board seem a little too close for comfort?

Yeah, that's exactly what I needed these past few days. No drama, no last-minute twists, no strange surprises, just a short, straight line from my initial guess to today's Wordle answer. What better way to start a Sunday?

Technically, today's answer is an acronym, but most people treat it as a word. Either way, in science it is a device capable of emitting powerful rays of light, and in science fiction novels it is usually a colored shot fired from the end of a futuristic gun.

There are no double letters in Wordle today.

If you've decided to play Wordle but don't know where to start, let me help you pave the way to your first winning streak. Make every guess count and become a Wordle winner with these simple tips:

There is no need to rush, as it is not a race against time. In fact, it's not a bad idea to treat this game like a casual newspaper crossword and come back to it later when you're blank. Sometimes it helps to step away for a while so you can come back with a fresh perspective.

Let's get started: the answer to the April 22 (1038) wordle is "LASER."

Past Wordle solutions help eliminate guesswork for today's Wordle. It also gives you ideas for starting words to keep your daily puzzle solutions fresh.

Here are the answers to the recent Wordle:

Each day you will be presented with 5 boxes in 6 columns, find the 5-letter words hidden in them and win the daily puzzle.

Start with strong words like ALIVE or words that have a good mix of common consonants and multiple vowels. Words that begin with repeated letters should also be avoided to avoid wasting chances to identify or delete extra letters. Type in your guess and press Enter to see which letters are correct or incorrect. If the box goes to ⬛️, it means that the character is not in the secret word at all. A 🟨 means the character is in the word but not in its position. 🟩 means that the correct letter is in the correct position.

The second guess should complement the first guess, using another "good" word to cover a common letter that may have been missed in the first line. After that, it is just a matter of using what you have learned to narrow down the correct word. In all, you can try six times, and only actual words can be used. Remember that letters can also be repeated (e.g. BOOKS).

If you need further advice, see Wordle's tips. Also, if you want to know which words are already in use, scroll to the relevant section above.

Wordle was originally conceived by software engineer Josh Wardle as a surprise for his partner, who loved word games. From there it spread to his family and was finally released to the public. Since then, the word puzzle game has spawned a slew of Wordle-like games, focusing the daily gimmicks on music, math, and geography, and it wasn't long before Wordle became so popular that it was sold to the New York Times for a seven-figure sum. Indeed, it would only be a matter of time before we would be communicating solely through tricolored boxes.