Today Wordle did a masterful job of making me feel clever, even though it took the entire board to find the right word. With each new line, I find fresh tips that will definitely help me in the future. Some days it's better to consistently make progress than to win quickly.
These are sharp pieces of metal, made with flat edges. Some are small enough to sharpen, others look like saw teeth large enough to cut down a tree.
There are no double letters in today's wordle.
The difference between winning and losing a daily puzzle is a good start. There is nothing like a small victory to make the rest of your day more fulfilling:
There is no race against time in Wordle, so there is no need to rush through the answers. Treating the game like a casual newspaper crossword is also a good way to go. Going away for a while may be the difference between winning and losing.
Here's one winner for the weekend: the Wordle answer for December 21 (1281) is “BLADE.”
Past Wordle answers give great ideas for fun starting words to keep the daily puzzle solving fresh. It is also a good way to eliminate guesswork for today's Wordle, since the same answers are unlikely to be repeated.
Here's a recent Wordle answer:
Wordle offers five boxes in six columns each day, so to keep the winning streak going, you need to find the secret five-letter word hidden within them.
You should start with strong words like ARISE or other words that have a good mix of common consonants and multiple vowels. You also do not want to start with words that begin with repeated letters, as this wastes the chance to delete or check for extra letters; pressing Enter will tell you which ones are right and which ones are wrong. If the box goes to ⬛️, it means that the character is not in the secret word at all. A 🟨 means that the letter is in the word but not in that position. 🟩 means that the correct letter is in the correct position.
The second guess should complement the starting word, using another “good” word to cover the common letter missed last time, while avoiding the letter that we now know for sure is not present in today's answer. With any luck, a few colored squares will be created and you will be on the right track.
After that, you just have to use what you have learned to narrow down the correct words. You can try a total of six times, and you can only use actual words (you cannot fill in the box with EEEEE to see if there is an E). Letters may 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 liked 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; 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.
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